Inside one of its treasure-filled burials—which date to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.—they have also unearthed a well-preserved sword. Found in a man’s grave, the weapon’s silver- and gold-plated ...

Lead archaeologist Duncan Sayer of the University of Central Lancashire, told The Guardian that the sword, boasting a silver-and-gilt hilt and runic inscriptions, is considered among the "top ...

In the final stage, metalworkers add a decorated guard of iron or other metals at the sword's hilt. Next, carpenters fit the weapon with a lacquered wooden scabbard, which artisans then decorate ...

and a pommel on the bottom of the hilt bearing a ring symbol that suggests the sword’s owner had some allegiance to a noble. The sword, while exciting, was not the only discovery unearthed.

The use of the unaccompanied single-handed falchion sword is covered in a considerable minority of the several treatises that ...

Sussur roots extend from this sword's hilt into the blade itself. It yearns to drink magic, silencing every creature it strikes. The Sussur Greatsword is a Uncommon Two-Handed +1 Greatsword found ...

They believe that red pigment made from cinnabar adorned the sheath and the hilt. Officials expect to finish removing soil from the other side of the sword this autumn. However, it remains to be ...

The hilt and guard end up at head and shoulder height, visually intermeshed with his face and his personal appearance.” The sword might have been a gift from a royal, Sayer adds, and it may have ...