Pre-Viking Grave in Uppsala Reveals Ornate Sword and Jewelry
Before the emergence of the Norsemen raiders (aka the Vikings), Uppland, the east-central part of Sweden was known as the political and religious center of…
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Archaeologists find 1000-year-old Viking sword in the ancient city of Patara in Turkey
As part of excavation works in the ancient city of Patara along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered an exceptional Viking sword, believed to…
8-year-old girl finds a 1,500-year-old sword in a Swedish lake
A 1,500-year old sword in a lake found by an eight-year-old girl – no, this is not an excerpt from a fantasy novel. This time…
British soldiers find the remains and sword of a rich Saxon warrior
Soldiers stumbling across the grave of a soldier – in an almost poignant yet poetic twist, British veterans of Afghanistan came across one of their…
Archaeologists come across 2,200-year old liquor inside a bronze kettle
Last year, we had talked about the world’s oldest known unopened bottle of wine, with the ‘vintage’ object estimated to be around 1,700-years old. Well,…
6th century AD tomb yields the longest sword from ancient Japan
Excavations conducted in the years 2014 and 2015 inside an early 6th century tomb in Shimauchi district, in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan, have…
1000-year old Viking warrior sword discovered in Iceland by goose hunters
Goose hunters stumbling across a 1000-year old legendary Viking sword – while the premise sounds a bit like the start of an adventure movie, the…
Superb high-resolution short video shows the forging of a Roman Gladius with Damascus Steel
Last week, we touched upon the impressive yet mysterious status of the so-called Ulfberht swords. Wielded by the Vikings, these extremely rare swords comprised high-carbon…
Ulfberht swords: The ‘advanced’ Viking weapons ahead of their times
Whenever the term Viking comes into a discussion, things take an interesting turn – whether it is related to how they fought sea-battles like land…
