The sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a priceless heirloom from the 12th century.

Previously, another sword was found in the river in the 1970s during ... The sword appears to have connections to the Viking Age, an era that spanned from about 800 to 1050 C.E. During this ...

As axes are brandished across Lerwick today, a far more ancient Viking weapon has found its way to Shetland Museum and ...

Goods found with the bodies also appeared to have been through the cremation fires. Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations. In Norway ...

They also found a triangular ... including a weaving sword and a spindle whorl within the burials. There is a growing body of research hinting at the cosmopolitan nature of Viking Age trade ...