Welcome to the initiation of a new major project — the crafting of a Viking sword! In this inaugural episode, I take you through the intricate process of forging the blade. The design showcases a ...

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 ...

(This program is no longer available for online streaming.) The Vikings were among the fiercest warriors of all time. Yet only a select few carried the ultimate weapon of their era: the feared ...

The unusual placement of a sword found in a Viking grave suggests the weapon was brandished by a southpaw warrior, in what is an unusual discovery. “I’m a little surprised at how heavy it was,” Astrid ...

While swimming in a river located in northern Poland in 2022, an employee at Poland's Military Museum of Białystok named Szczepan Skibicki found an intact sword from the Middle Ages. Skibicki is ...

WŁOCŁAWEK, Poland — Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the ...

An 8-year-old Swedish girl swimming in a lake pulled out what she thought was a stick from the bottom — only to find out it was actually an ancient, pre-Viking sword. “I was outside in the water, ...

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 about ...