Weekly, a group of friends practices sword fighting in the Kaneko Quad, allowing anyone to take a swing. This is not just ...

The beloved Higgins Armory Museum closed in 2013, but its trove of weapons, suits of armor, artwork and more lives on at the Worcester Art Museum in two newly opened permanent galleries.

In days of old, knights were bold. And these days, they enjoy a good skirmish too. On a dewy autumn morning recently, the clinking of armour and the clashing of steel swords (carefully blunted) filled ...

A local history enthusiast discovered a late-medieval Teutonic-era sword in a forest west of the northern Polish city of Iława. The artifact has been sent to the Ostróda Museum for conservation and ...

Medieval artists didn’t always have firsthand experience with the animals they painted, and nowhere is that more obvious than in their attempts in history. In manuscripts, animal creatures can be seen ...

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Hidden in the hills of Tuscany, Italy, there's a real medieval sword embedded in stone — and historians have verified it’s over 900 years old. Some say it inspired the legend of King Arthur’s ...

The artifact will soon be put on display to the public. A fisherman in Poland discovered a well-preserved Medieval sword in Warsaw’s Vistula River, opening up questions about what other artifacts ...

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A remarkable medieval sword with rare symbols was recently put on display in a Dutch museum, over a year after it was found by construction workers unexpectedly. The discovery of the sword was ...

A medieval sword has gone on display at a museum in the Netherlands after its chance discovery during a dredging operation on a river in the center of the country. The sword was found during routine ...

“This isn’t just a weapon, it’s a message in iron, preserved by the earth for nearly a millennium.” A 1,000-year-old medieval weapon was unearthed by unknowing construction workers, Ancient Origins ...