They are best known for their fearsome reputation as formidable warriors, taking to the seas to conquer weaker tribes. But high tech scans of three Viking swords have revealed a slice of the cultural ...

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...

There can be few more mythologized ancient materials technologies than sword-making. The common view — that ancient metalsmiths had an extraordinary empirical grasp of how to manipulate alloy ...

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...