Further digging revealed the hilt of the sword; Holum Heiland then realized his yard must hold other Viking artifacts, so he stopped digging and called the county archaeologists. Wintervoll and Jo ...

Rogaland government archaeologists recovered the artifact from his farm last week and have now confirmed that it is the remains of an iron sword from the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066). Notably ...

Last year, an amateur treasure hunter in Norway made a small but important discovery. Well, half a discovery, at least: a small piece of metal with no obvious use, which he had found on a farm on ...

Rich artifacts looted from the British Isles were found in the grave. Illustration: Viking ships invading England, circa 900 AD. Amateur detectives have uncovered remnants of a Viking-era sword in ...

He donated the find to the Fries Museum, experts concluded the artefact - described as "first of its kind" - could be part of a 10th-century gilded sword. The unique Viking-era artefact features ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...

The Fries Museum and the Fryske Akademy are collaborating in their study of this artifact ... namely from the Frisian context, the Viking world, and from sword traditions," said Dr. Diana ...

A metal detectorist unearthed a Viking sword fragment shaped like wild boars, a first-of-its-kind find for the Netherlands, photos show. Photo from the Fries Museum On a farm in the Netherlands ...

and degree of preservation" of the artifact is very unique. The sword appears to have connections to the Viking Age, an era that spanned from about 800 to 1050 C.E. During this time, Vikings ...