Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the 1,100-year-old grave of a Viking warrior, whose steel sword was placed in an unusual spot: on his left side. Though the sword's ...

And the warrior was "definitely someone of means ... Wintervoll said, but a Viking grave containing a sword, spear, glass beads and a horse bridle were discovered on a nearby farm in the 1930s.

A man in Setesdal, Norway recently unearthed an 1,100-year-old Viking warrior’s grave while digging in his yard to build an ...

For Viking warriors ... reflecting the status and power of the warrior and his clan.' In contrast to the ornate sword, the battle axe found in the same grave has no gold decoration.

The unusual placement of a sword found in a Viking grave suggests the weapon was brandished by a southpaw warrior, in what is an unusual discovery. “I’m a little surprised at how heavy it was ...

"We think it is from the Viking period around 9th to 10th ... "It is easy to think, based on the sword and the lance, that a warrior was buried here," Wintervoll said. "Possibly someone used ...

If a Viking Age sword was the only item recovered ... "I'm totally convinced by that," he said. "If that means she was a warrior, I'm not convinced there. But that would go for male graves as well." ...

A mysterious female warrior discovered in a Viking grave ... GIRL, 8, DISCOVERS 1,500-YEAR-OLD VIKING SWORD IN SWEDISH LAKE In 2017, an incredibly well-preserved Viking sword was found by a ...

Male Vikings were frequently buried with swords, and the sword was undoubtedly associated ... and headlines about Viking warrior women have been everywhere in the media. But the reality is more ...

It held the remains of a tall Viking warrior. Carefully arrayed alongside the body was a full suite of heavy weaponry. Two expensive horses had been sacrificed as part of the interment ritual.

Hyvönen recognised right away that that the find was a Viking-era sword. A quick survey at the site also revealed ... In the autumn of 2013, a warrior's grave was found in Janakkala, perhaps unique ...

The famous Viking warrior at Birka seemed to be a woman ... The other weaponry in the grave—shields, spears, double-edged sword, broadax, and battle-knife—suggested that the warrior woman ...