Saga Vanecek, 8, was helping her father with his boat in the Vidostern lake when she came upon an 85-centimetre pre-Viking sword that researchers say is at least 1,500 years old. (Andy Vanecek ...

An 8-year-old girl has become an international darling after her unexpected find — a pre-Viking-era sword that she pulled up from a lake in Sweden. Saga Vanecek was helping her father, a ...

8-year-old Saga Vanecek is just doing what most 8-year-olds do—swimming, hanging out with her dad, and casually fulfilling the prophecy of a certain King Arthur. (What's that? You made the Honor ...

Swedish-American Saga Vanecek found the ancient artifact while playing in Vidöstern lake during the summer near her family’s holiday home in the south of the country. Experts at a local museum ...

While enjoying her time alone in the lake by Tanno, in southern Sweden, 8-year-old Saga Vanecek found what she thought was just another stick. It was actually an ancient Viking sword, dating back ...

The world may be terrible, but there is one tiny spot of light in it right now: Saga Vanecek, an 8-year-old girl who found a sword in a Swedish lake over the summer. Saga is clearly meant to be ...

Saga Vanecek -- because of course her name is Saga -- unearthed the sword in Tånnö, Sweden while skipping rocks. She told the Local that she found "some kind of stick." SEE ALSO: What I learned ...

Saga Vanecek, 8, was helping her father with his boat in the Vidostern lake when she stepped on an 85-centimeter (34-inch) sword in a holster made of wood and leather. The sword is believed to be ...

Swedish-American Saga Vanecek found the ancient artifact while playing in Vidöstern lake during the summer near her family’s holiday home in the south of the country. Experts at a local museum ...