A remarkable medieval sword with rare symbols was recently ... due to the oxygen-poor environment of the wet soil. Traces of the wooden hilt are still visible on the preserved sword." The sword's ...

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

In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate when they spotted a long piece of metal protruding from one extracted lump of clay. It turned out to be a medieval ...

A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols was discovered by construction workers in the Netherlands, according to officials. It is now on display at a Dutch museum.

KING Arthur had one: A medieval sword so strong it was deemed magical. Some have survived to this day. Now we have any inkling of how and where they were forged. Swords forged of secret steels ...

Illustration: Viking ships invading England, circa 900 AD. Amateur detectives have uncovered remnants of a Viking-era sword in the Jåttå/Gausel area in Stavanger, a city in southwestern Norway ...

Archaeologists have discovered an early medieval cemetery in southeastern England. Inside one of its treasure-filled burials—which date to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.—they have also ...

Only the hilt of the sword remains. The Medieval Coventry Sword is to return to the city for the first time in more than 500 years.

A medieval sword has been discovered in south-east Poland, preserved almost entirely intact. It's thought that the knight that carried it could have fallen into the marsh where it was found and died.

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.

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.

The sword, of which only the hilt remains, had huge civic importance in the 1400s when Coventry was the fourth largest city in England, and for three years during the Wars of the Roses when it was ...