Hulton Archive/Getty Images Only 20 similar swords of this type have been found in Norway, out of approximately 3,000 total Viking swords found. The blade is missing, but the hilt has unique and ...

A man in Setesdal, Norway recently unearthed an 1,100-year-old Viking warrior’s grave while digging in his yard to build an extension on his home. “I wasn’t going to dig a lot, just a little bit in ...

STAVANGER, NORWAY—According to a statement released by the University of Stavanger, two metal detectorists working independently of each other discovered three pieces of the hilt of a Viking-era ...

The sword's hilt is richly decorated with gold and silver. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Two pieces of an ornate Viking ...

Here’s how it works. 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 ...

Photo of Stokke, Heiland and his wife Anne around the viking sword that was found underneath ... the contents of the digging bucket, the hilt of the sword fell out." Immediately, he stopped ...

Viking craftsmen often added their own elaborately decorated hilts, and many swords were given names, such as Leg-biter and Gold-hilt. Long-handled battle-axes might be used instead of swords ...

Few Viking-era scabbards survive ... “laid over the top of the body with the hilt at the hip and the blade tip over the face, as opposed to the more common placement of the sword positioned ...

Judging from the opulence of his tomb, he was a revered Viking warrior destined to take ... a sword with a beautifully decorated hilt, a spear, a shield boss, a bronze ring-pin and pottery.

Artefacts buried alongside the Viking in his boat suggest he was a high ... a sword with a decorated hilt, a spear, a shield boss and a bronze ring pin. About 200 rivets - the remains of the ...