A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols was discovered by construction workers in the Netherlands, according to ...

The construction workers weren’t looking for artifacts that morning. They were dredging the Korte Linschoten River—just ...

As Archaeology News reported, the sword’s design is similar to “hand-and-a-half” weapons that were popular in Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages, and were crafted to stab through armor.

Ruben de Heer The sword is decorated on one side with a layered X inside a circle. Ruben de Heer During the 11th and 12th centuries, the Netherlands’ central province of Utrecht was an important ...

They discovered a two-handed sword, or rather a hand-and-a-half sword, and two axe heads from the late medieval period, according to HeritageDaily. The sword is approximately one meter in length.

The infinite knot symbol on the sword. Credit: Landgoed Linschoten . On the opposite side of the blade, there is a geometric pattern made up of five interlaced squares within a circle—a symbol known ...

One can imagine that a sword large enough that it required two hands to swing about in battle could get rather tedious to lug around medieval-era Poland. As such, one could also understand some ...

A museum worker who was swimming in a Polish river two years ago discovered a sword dating back as far as the 9th century, officials said. In August 2022, Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered the remains of a “powerful” and tall medieval man, buried along with his well-preserved 4-foot-long sword, hinting he was part of high nobility during ...

IT’s a medieval mystery that has researchers stumped: What’s the meaning of the inscription on the blade of this 13th Century sword? The British Library is turning to the public for help.

Legend says the Durandal sword had been stuck in a French hillside for nearly 1,300 years. When it went missing in June, an investigation to find France’s Excalibur began.