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A hiker poked into a hole in the ground and discovered a rare gold scabbard ornament from Norway's Migration period.

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Israeli arch a eologists announced Wednesday the discovery of four extremely rare and well-preserved Roman swords in a small hidden cave in an area of isolated cliffs overlooking the Dead Sea. Experts ...

The scabbard stud, or boss - about 13mm (0.5in) in diameter and inlaid with red stones separated by strips of sheet gold - was found in September A tiny Sutton Hoo-era gold and garnet mount for an ...

Swords and scabbards were the subject of a letter received by Robert James, Secretary to the East India Company, from Thomas Hatcher at the Tower of London on 24 November 1764. Letter 279 from Thomas ...

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This sword was probably owned by an Iron Age Chieftain and was deposited as an offering to the Gods over 2000 years ago.Iron Age 'La Tene' sword with exquisite bronze scabbard, which would have been ...

A Leeds metal detectorist has unearthed an Anglo-Saxon artefact of which the best example of its kind was discovered among the famous Sutton Hoo treasure hoard. Did you know with a Digital ...

Two 2,300-year-old swords discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis in France "have few equivalents in Europe," and one is decorated with tiny swastikas, the French National Institute of Preventive ...