Inside one of its treasure-filled burials—which date to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.—they have also unearthed a well-preserved sword. Found in a man’s grave, the weapon’s silver- and gold-plated ...

Lead archaeologist Duncan Sayer of the University of Central Lancashire, told The Guardian that the sword, boasting a silver-and-gilt hilt and runic ... the site include a gold pendant inscribed ...

The sword, while exciting, was not the only discovery unearthed. Archaeologists also found a gold pendant adorned with a dragon or serpent figure in the same grave, whihc is akin to those worn by ...

The use of the unaccompanied single-handed falchion sword is covered in a considerable minority of the several treatises that ...

There were more than 300 sword-hilt fittings, 92 sword-pommel caps ... Herbert shows off the metal detector that led him to the gold. “I just couldn’t stop the items from coming out of ...

The sword features a silver-and-gilt hilt adorned with intricate patterns and fine craftsmanship, covered with gold plating. A prominent feature is a ring attached to its pommel, possibly ...

The sword, which has a silver-and-gilt hilt, features inscriptions in a runic ... Alongside the sword, the archaeologists unearthed a gold pendant inscribed with a serpent or a dragon, which ...

The gold hilt of the dagger also contained traces of ... Museum of Japanese History conducted experiments to determine if swords could actually be forged from iron meteorites.

A groundbreaking revelation emerged as scientists identified two iron artifacts, a gold-plated sword hilt pommel and an open bracelet, as containing material sourced from a meteorite that fell to ...

The hilt and guard end up at head and ... which they think could hold as many as 200 interments. The sword-hugging man’s grave also contained a gold pendant engraved with a dragon or serpent ...