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 ...

Six hundred years ago, an unlucky knight may have fallen into or lost his sword in a bog filled with peat. That's one explanation researchers are putting forth after an incredibly well-preserved sword ...

Late last month, an excavator operator was working at a peat bog in the Polish municipality of Mircze when he accidentally stumbled upon this glorious specimen of 14th century craftsmanship. The ...

Workers removing silt in Poland’s Vistula river have pulled out a rare 1,000-Year-Old medieval sword in “near perfect” condition. They found the strange oblong metal object earlier this month amid the ...

A museum worker who was swimming in a Polish river two years ago discovered a sword dating back as far as the 9th century, officials said. In August 2022, Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum of ...

On a Sunday evening in August 2022, Szczepan Skibicki went for a swim. The Military Museum employee dipped into the Supraśl river in eastern Poland, something he enjoys in his free time. Skibicki ...

A man using a metal detector has unearthed a medieval sword that might have served as a weapon during the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. Alexander Medvedev discovered the sword near Olsztyn, in northern ...

A man visited the Vistula River in Warsaw to see its historically low water levels and found medieval weapon in the shallows. Photo from Andrzej Korpikiewicz After hearing reports of historically low ...

Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum of Białystok in Poland made the discovery in August 2022 S. Skibicki/ Szczepan Skibicki of the Military Museum of Białystok in Poland found a sword during a ...

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