The artifact was remarkably preserved for a millennium in anaerobic clay on a private estate near the city of Montfoort ...

Archaeologists believe the Linschoten Sword was forged to straddle both worlds.

A construction crew discovered a 1,000-year-old iron sword in the Netherlands still fully intact. The short sword comes ...

The iron is barely corroded due to the oxygen-poor environment of the wet soil it was buried in, and traces of the wooden ...

Sacrificial sword straddled Christian-Viking divide. At first glance, it appeared to be just like any other medieval weapon, however the true significance of this sword has since come to light.

In doing so, they will also learn how to approach the main types of written and material evidence relevant for the history of Northern Europe in the Viking Age and the High Middle Ages, for example, ...

A medieval sword defied the elements for 1,000 years, ... The other side offers a common Viking Age symbol of an endless knot featuring five interlaced squares within a circle.