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 ...

While clearing a field on his farm, a Norwegian man discovered a rare Viking Age sword that's thought to be 1,000 years old. "We were about to start sowing grass on a field that has not been plowed ...

A farmer clearing a field in Norway picked up metal “trash” and found a rare 1,000-year-old weapon, archaeologists said and photos show. Photo from the Rogaland County Municipality In a southern ...

Someone dug a hole in the dark brown dirt of eastern Norway and placed a set of silver Viking treasures inside. They probably planned to come back. Instead, they vanished. Over 1,000 years later, ...

LONDON — The long, thin piece of metal looked like a scaffolding pole when Trevor Penny saw it on the banks of an English river in November. That would not have surprised Penny, who, while practicing ...

Workers made a surprising discovery in Poland when they pulled an early medieval sword from a muddy riverbed while dredging, and some researchers think the weapon could have a Viking connection. The 1 ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly qualities or who became a man, raising the question of whether female ...