Now that recovery work is underway, the team has confirmed the site holds an unexpected scene: a Viking boat grave for a ...

Homeowner Oddbjørn Holum Heiland had started using a mechanical digger to ... Wintervoll said, but a Viking grave containing a sword, spear, glass beads and a horse bridle were discovered on ...

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

Handing the sword over to researchers from the ... Some of the earliest Viking blades were created using a technique known as pattern-welding, which involved forging wrought iron and mild steel.

Archaeologists uncovered a wealth of Viking Age artifacts at Skumsnes farm ... The discovery began after artifact hunters ...

Close up of the inscription "Ulfberht" on a Viking sword. These swords – made from ... Photograph by JORVIK VIKING CENTER Made using leather and polished bone—typically horse leg bones ...

He came running over shouting ‘It looks like a sword!’” The Vikings reached ... and weighs 71 grams and would have been made using a mold into which molten lead was poured.

These swords bridge the gap between the ancient Viking sword and the later medieval knightly sword, with a wide, flat blade of average length 80 centimeters. They were made using various pieces of ...

Medieval Scandinavian poets, after all, had vividly evoked the surreal horrors of Viking combat. In their nightmarish verses, a sword was ... of some 3.5 years, using a standard of eight ...

"By combining our areas of expertise, we can study this find from various angles, namely from the Frisian context, the Viking world, and from sword traditions," said Dr. Diana Spiekhout ...