Archaeologists found a sixth-century Saxon sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in rural Kent. The discovery, which will be ...

shorter weapon was identified as a ring-pommel sword. They had well-fashioned handles made of wood or metal. Leather strips and pieces of wood and metal belonging to them were also found.

A ring on the pommel is thought to symbolize an oath to a king or another individual. Traces of the leather and wood scabbard lined with beaver fur were also recovered. The grave also contained a ...

Found in a man’s grave, the weapon’s silver- and gold-plated hilt is engraved with patterns, and a ring is fused to its ...