Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Viking sword encrusted in clay. While clearing a field on his farm, a Norwegian man discovered a rare Viking Age sword that's ...

While on a field trip to a farm near Tingelstad, Norway, six-year-old Henrik Refsnes Mørtvedt found a sword from the early ...

Henrik Refsnes Mørtvedt is six years old. He attends first grade at Fredheim School in Brandbu, Norway. In late April, his ...

Viking-era sword found by an 8-year-old boy in Norway. Credit: Innlandet County Municipality. A school outing in Norway ended ...

A six-year-old boy in Norway discovered a 1,300-year-old pre-Viking sword during a school trip. The rare single-edged weapon, ...

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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have worked with the Wallace Collection to analyse the contents of Viking swords – and the results shed new light on trade routes in ...

Two pieces of an ornate Viking sword that had been separated for about 1,200 years have been reunited and still fit together like a puzzle. The pieces were discovered a year apart by amateur treasure ...

Archaeologists in Scotland have revealed the ornate hilt of a Viking sword after scanning it with X-rays. The sword is highly corroded and covered in dirt, but the new images show the weapon in a new ...