The sword is part of a hoard of Viking treasures unearthed in 2015 at a burial site on Papa Westray, one of the Orkney Islands located north of mainland Scotland. Archaeologists found the sword ...

Experience the ancient art of sword-making by forging a Viking-age sword from a rusted coil spring. This DIY tutorial takes you through the step-by-step process of transforming a seemingly useless ...

The Viking sword is now at a conservation laboratory, where it will be analyzed using an X-ray machine. The researchers are hoping to see what might be hidden behind the rust, such as ...

"The most recent find of a sword was in 2011 when there was an excavation in the neighboring municipality." Interestingly, a grave with similar contents was unearthed close by Heiland's home in 1930.

Here’s how it works. Archaeologist Astrid Kviseth is the first person to lift this Viking sword in about 1,100 years. It was buried with a warrior who lived in what is now Trøndelag, Norway.

A family doing construction on their house in Setesdal uncovered a 1,100-year-old sword from a pair of elaborate Viking graves, archaeologists said. Photo from the Agder County Municipality’s ...

Now, NOVA uses cutting edge science and old-fashioned detective work to reconstruct the Ulfberht and finally unravel the "Secrets of the Viking Sword." ...

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 ...

A 10th-century Viking sword fragment was discovered by a metal detectorist scouring a field in the Netherlands. Further research is being done to find out more about the ancient item.

Researchers plan to continue studying the ancient sword at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. It will ultimately be preserved and put on display at a history museum in Włocławek.