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Two Viking-era swords were recently unearthed by archaeologists in Sweden. The weapons were once plunged into the earth vertically, between tombs at a mass burial site. While severely corroded by time, incredibly, they had lasted intact and remained in place for some 1,200 years.
It was a motorway expansion that prompted the two-year-long dig in Viby/Norrtuna, outside Köping in Västmanland, southeastern Sweden. Researchers shared their discovery.
“We could see the handle of one of the swords sticking out of the ground, directly under the turf,” said Anton Seiler of Arkeologerna, an archaeological firm working for Sweden’s State Historical Museums, in a press release. “In total, around 20 Viking Age swords have been found in Västmanland before, so finding two copies in the same burial ground, as we did, and also untouched in the graves, is a bit of a sensation.”...