The 1,000-year-old Viking sword pommel found by Sander Visser. Photo from the Fries Museum Archaeologists identified the other sections as depicting the heads of “a wild boar,” the museum said.

This isn’t the only medieval sword in the museum’s collection. Another, dating to the 11th century, was found in the same river decades ago.

Rare Christian cross, Viking treasures unearthed — revealing ‘fascinating insights’ to past By Andrea Margolis, Fox News Published July 3, 2025, 9:58 a.m. ET ...