Construction workers were struck by a “long piece of iron” while cleaning a small river known as the Korte Linschoten, the ...

The artifact was remarkably preserved for a millennium in anaerobic clay on a private estate near the city of Montfoort ...

A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols was discovered by construction workers in the Netherlands, according to officials. It is now on display at a Dutch museum.

The markings don’t stop there: on one side, the sword a circle with an X layered inside, known as a sun wheel or sonnenrad.

A medieval sword has gone on display at a museum in the Netherlands after its chance discovery during a dredging operation on a river in the center of the country.

A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols was discovered by construction workers in the Netherlands, according to officials. It is now on display at a Dutch museum.

Only 20 similar swords of this type have been found in Norway, out of approximately 3,000 total Viking swords found. ... The crossguard of the newly-discovered hilt are shaped like animal heads.

The infinite knot symbol on the sword. Credit: Landgoed Linschoten . On the opposite side of the blade, there is a geometric pattern made up of five interlaced squares within a circle—a symbol known ...

It features a long crossguard and a nut-shaped pommel, said the museum, which added that it was made from high-quality iron mined at Veluwe. “The sword remains remarkably well-preserved after a ...