Inside one of its treasure-filled burials—which date to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E.—they have also unearthed a well-preserved sword. Found in a man’s grave, the weapon’s silver- and gold-plated ...

The lead archaeologist at the grave site told Newsweek that the sword was an "elite object that marked its owner out as special." ...

In the final stage, metalworkers add a decorated guard of iron or other metals at the sword's hilt. Next, carpenters fit the weapon with a lacquered wooden scabbard, which artisans then decorate ...

The use of the unaccompanied single-handed falchion sword is covered in a considerable minority of the several treatises that ...

They believe that red pigment made from cinnabar adorned the sheath and the hilt. Officials expect to finish removing soil from the other side of the sword this autumn. However, it remains to be ...

The hilt and guard end up at head and shoulder height, visually intermeshed with his face and his personal appearance.” The sword might have been a gift from a royal, Sayer adds, and it may have ...