One distinct feature of the pommel that made it recognizable was the decoration displayed upon ... the Viking world, and from sword traditions," said Dr. Diana Spiekhout, curator of Middle Ages ...
Experts believe the small gold plate may have been decoration on a sword An Anglo-Saxon gold artefact which was found by a metal detectorist has gone on display in a West Sussex town. The small ...
Such an animal decoration is known as the “Mammen style … named after a discovery in the Danish town of Mammen,” the museum wrote on Facebook. A diagram shows what the full sword handle ...
A 10th-century Viking sword fragment was discovered by a metal detectorist scouring a field in the Netherlands. Further ...