But now, the Archeology Service (SIAM) of the Valencia City Council has managed to date the sword, determining that it originates from the 10th century, making the artifact more than 1,000 years old.

He donated the find to the Fries Museum, experts concluded the artefact - described as "first of its kind" - could be part of a 10th-century gilded sword. The unique Viking-era artefact features ...

This early medieval sword, dating to the 9th or 10th century, is one of only a handful of its kind in Poland. Its significance is matched only by its remarkable preservation. Found encased in ...

A medieval skeleton buried with archery equipment in a 10th-century cemetery in Hungary belongs ... A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail To better ...

Lead excavator Professor Havva Iskan Isik of Akdeniz University told Anadolu Agency that they identified a Viking sword from the ninth or 10th century. Isik said they have been carrying out ...

Preliminary studies suggest that this sword was forged in the late 9th or early 10th century, likely in a context linked to Viking culture or Baltic communities. Its design and manufacturing technique ...

The five runic letters spell out the word "hirila," which in the Proto-Norse language spoken at the time means "small sword ... erected in the 10th century in the town of Jelling, have longer ...