A sword from the early Middle Ages, after preservation, on display at the Bialystok Army Museum in Bialystok. The sword was found by an employee of the Bialystok Army Museum in Bialystok, Podlaskie ...

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...

Niels Provos forges a sword at a blacksmith's workshop in Silicon Valley, welding together three separate pieces of iron. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired Niels Provos is a Google software engineer who ...

Medieval Viking Ulfberht swords are some of the most famous swords in history because they were so obscenely strong that it’s almost unbelievable that bladesmiths in the 9th century were even able to ...

If you're keen to live out your own "Game of Thrones" battle fantasy (ahem, good luck), see Richard Furrer. The Wisconsin-based blacksmith forges Ulfberht style swords, the name given to a group of ...

A hiker taking an old route across central southern Norway has stumbled across an ancient sword dating back to the Viking Age. The wrought iron weapon was partially buried beneath rocks on a walking ...

Workers carrying out dredging work in the Wisla River in the city of Wroclawek came across the 'perfectly preserved' sword after spotting 'an oblong, metal object' sticking out of the sediment.

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