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

A medieval sword has gone on display at a museum in the Netherlands after its chance discovery during a dredging operation on a river in the center of the country.

Andrzej Korpikiewicz took a scooter to the outskirts of Warsaw to see the Vistula River on the afternoon of July 1, he told McClatchy News on July 4. While walking along the riverbank, he noticed a ...

The sword's hilt is made up of a six-and-a-half-inch guard, once-leather grip and nut-shaped pommel. Ruben de Heer. In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate ...

The inscription reads "U[V]LFBERTH," which could be read as "Ulfberht," a marking found on a group of about 170 medieval swords found mainly in northern Europe.

A Medieval Sword Sat Hidden in a Dutch River for 1,000 Years Until Construction Workers Found It. Story by Tudor Tarita • 33m. T he construction workers weren’t looking for artifacts that morning.

The sword in the stone: Archaeologists discover medieval weapon dubbed 'Excalibur' embedded in rock at bottom of Bosnian lake. The 14th century sword was found at the bottom of the Vrbas River in ...

AN ANCIENT sword mislabelled as “medieval” was actually made around 5,000 years ago, experts claim. The well-aged weapon is one of the world’s oldest swords, and originates from n… ...

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A MEDIEVAL sword found embedded in a rock at the bottom of a Bosnian river is being hailed as ‘Excalibur’. The 700-year-old weapon is being compared to King Arthur’s legendary mag… ...