Archaeologists discover Viking sword, other surprises

Sep 17, 2020 2 minutes

Courtesy of Ellen Grav Ellingsen, NTNU University Museum

Courtesy of Norwegian University of Science and Technology

NORWAY — During the Viking Age, a man died in a village and was buried with a full set of weapons including an ax, spear, shield and sword.

Some 1,100 years later, archeologist Astrid Kviseth became the first person to hold the sword in her hands since Viking times, when

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