Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A construction crew discovered a 1,000-year-old iron sword in the Netherlands still fully intact. The short sword comes complete with ...

A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols, which was discovered by construction workers in a Dutch river, is now on display at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

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.

It is thanks to the 1,000-year-old sword’s hiding place in the Korte Linschoten River that the artifact is remarkably preserved. When exposed to water and oxygen, iron corrodes, rusting and ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A construction crew discovered a 1,000-year-old iron sword in the Netherlands still fully intact. The short sword comes complete with ...