Well-Preserved 3,000-Yr-Old Pre-Viking Sword Unearthed in Denmark Is Still Sharp
On the large island of Zealand, located in eastern Denmark, two amateur archaeologists fortuitously decided to bring their metal detector along with them on a stroll through a field one evening.
While on their walk, the metal detector’s alarm sounded, and the pair from the small town of Svebølle, Ernst Christiansen and Lis Therkelsen, made a startling discovery: they dug into the earth, about a foot underground, and uncovered what appeared to be one end of a sword.
Believing that it might be a discovery of considerable significance, they decided to get a hold of someone with more expertise before extracting the find. So, they reburied it, and the next morning they contacted the Museum Vestsjælland to report the discovery. Read more.
















