A Norwegian man clearing his farm found a rare 1,000-year-old Viking sword carrying inscriptions that may shed more light on Nordic culture. “We were going to start sowing new grass on a field that ...

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A family in Norway have found a grave in their backyard while preparing the area to build a house extension. Oddbjørn Holum Heiland began digging behind his house in Setesdal on Friday night when he ...

While scouring the land, something caused his metal detector to sound. After digging a little less than eight inches into the ground, Visser was met with an ancient object that was instantly ...

Archaeologists unearthed a pair of 1,200-year-old Viking-age swords standing upright from a stone grave in a burial mound in Västmanland. Photo from Arkeologerna and Sweden's National Historical ...

Amateur detectives have uncovered remnants of a Viking-era sword that shows intricate and spectacular workmanship of a millennium ago. Two enthusiasts found, independently of each other, a sword ...

ATLANTA — What do you know about Vikings? Did they wear horned helmets, carry large swords, and raid and pillage everything in their path on their journeys across the high seas? That’s part of their ...

Much of what we know about Vikings and their thousand year-old way of life rests on the physical clues left behind – and the odd fanciful embellishment. Concealed in iron helmets, chain mail, and ...