Crafting a Damascus Viking sword from nails involves repurposing old iron nails by forging and folding them to create layered Damascus steel. The process involves heating, hammering, and folding ...

Researchers analyzed three Viking swords: The orange rectangle shows the area investigated. The center image is a 3D rendering created from scans of the sword, with corrosion shown in white.

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 ...

Ric Furrer is nationally known, but ask him what he’s known for and he might sound stumped. “I’ve been trying to figure that ...

More than two thousands swords from the Viking Age - from around 800 to 1050 AD - have survived. And a number of techniques - often destructive - have been used to analyse their composition.

The Viking sword next to the Vistula River in Włocławek. The sword is at least 1,000 years old, dating back to the ninth or 10th century, archaeologists said. Photos show the well-preserved sword.

Jerusalem Post Archaeology Viking sword discovered in Norway by metal detector enthusiasts The University of Stavanger said: “The sword would have one of the most spectacularly ornamented and ...

A metal detectorist unearthed a Viking sword fragment shaped like wild boars, a first-of-its-kind find for the Netherlands, photos show. Photo from the Fries Museum On a farm in the Netherlands, a ...

On its own, an ancient Viking sword recently discovered in central Norway looks typical for the time period. But the way it was buried could reveal information about its owner. As Gizmodo reports ...

The incredibly well-preserved Viking sword was found by a reindeer hunter on a remote mountain in Southern Norway. The Glacier Archaeology Program at Oppland County Council was recently notified ab… ...

1,200-year-old Viking sword discovered by hiker By Mairi Mackay, CNN 2 min read Updated 6:02 PM EDT, Thu October 22, 2015 ...