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Archaeologists have recently unearthed many valuable artifacts from an early medieval cemetery in England. The item that garnered the most attention though was a well-preserved sword placed inside ...

An early medieval bucket atop one of the graves Duncan Sayer Hoping to shed new light on funerary practices, conservator Dana Goodburn-Brown is studying and preserving the sword in a lab.

“It could mean anything from Viking-era spear and shield to medieval longsword or sword and buckler to rapier and dagger,” he said. “You can pick your own adventure or area to train and stud ...