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Exceptionally well-preserved 1,500-year-old sword unearthed in Anglo-Saxon cemetery
This incredibly rare sword, excavated from an “extraordinary Anglo-Saxon cemetery,” has been ... A significant ring attached to its pommel (the cap at the end of the hilt) may indicate an ...
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Archaeologists In England Unearth A Stunningly Preserved Medieval Sword Near Canterbury
Found at the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, the sword has drawn ... and a symbolic ring attached to its pommel. The sword is just one of several remarkable objects found at the dig site near ...
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Staffordshire Gold Hoard
In the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf the warrior Sigemund ... Was this to "kill" its military potency, as with the swords? Handy WeaponA jeweled pommel cap and rings brightened a hilt of bone or ...