Viking Sword Unearthed In Grave Excavated by Archaeologists In Central Norway

Swords are usually placed on the right side of the body in weapon graves like this. In this grave, it was laid on the warrior’s left side. One explanation may be that the warrior was left-handed. Credit: Ellen Grav Ellingsen, NTNU University Museum

During the Viking Age—probably sometime in the 800s-900s—a man died in the village we call Vinjeøra today, south of Trøndelag county. He was buried with a full set of weapons: ax, spear, shield and sword.

Some 1,100 years later, archeologist Astrid Kviseth bends over his grave and painstakingly cleans his sword. Soon she will pick it up from the ground and become the first person to hold it in her hands since Viking times.

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Source: https://www.ancientpages.com/2020/08/27/viking-sword-unearthed-in-grave-excavated-by-archaeologists-in-central-norway/