One such moment happened in 2022 when a museum employee diving in Poland’s Supraśl River stumbled upon a relic lost for centuries — a Viking-era sword. Two years later, after painstaking ...

Archaeologists uncovered a wealth of Viking Age artifacts at Skumsnes farm ... a spindle whorl, and a weaving sword—all tools used in textile production. "Textile production was prestigious.

It was the grave of a male Viking and he was found buried in a ship of "local trading size", along with "everything he might need in the afterlife", although the absence of a sword has led to the ...