The artifact was remarkably preserved for a millennium in anaerobic clay on a private estate near the city of Montfoort ...

The sword's décor includes gilded elements of the typical Iron Age and Viking Age animal styles found between 550 and 1050. The hilt is also decorated with geometrical patterns in silver, made ...

Sauron created the sword hilt as a key to Mount Doom. However, as we saw with Theo, Its power may also be of unification and manipulation, just like the rings of power Sauron will soon create .

The finds include a rusty iron sword in two pieces; its hilt style enabled archaeologists to date the burial to the late 800s or early 900s, during the Viking Age, Joakim Wintervoll — an ...