Workers carrying out dredging work in the Wisla River in the city of Wroclawek came across the 'perfectly preserved' sword after spotting 'an oblong, metal object' sticking out of the sediment.

Three high-status women, though perhaps not Scandinavians themselves, were, or perhaps were not, interred there.

Inside the grave, archaeologists discovered jewelry and oval-shaped brooches typical of Viking women's attire ... and a weaving sword—all tools used in textile production.