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's hilt is made up of a six-and-a-half-inch guard, once-leather grip and nut-shaped pommel. Ruben de Heer In March 2024, construction workers were digging in a river on a Dutch estate ...

The Linschoten Sword measures over three feet in length and dates back to the 11th century. Pictures show the sword with a long crossguard and a pommel shaped like a Brazil nut, the museum noted.

The discovery turned out to be a sword measuring over three feet in length, dating back between 1050 and 1150 A.D. Pictures show the sword with a long crossguard and a pommel shaped like a Brazil ...

Characteristics of its design, including a Brazil-nut-shaped pommel and a broad crossguard, indicate it was likely forged in the area between about 1050 and 1150 C.E, according to Archaeology ...