According to Arthurian legend, the great wizard Merlin prophesied that only the true king of England would be able to pull ...

In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur famously has a special sword named Excalibur. This is one of the constant aspects of ...

Armor vs. bullets Exactly when the medieval period or "Middle Ages" started and ended is a matter of debate, with dates falling roughly between A.D. 500 and 1500. Although the period is ...

One can imagine that a sword large enough that it required two hands to swing about in battle could get rather tedious to lug around medieval-era Poland. As such, one could also understand some ...

Amateur detectorists found a cache of medieval weaponry near the village of Wielka Tymawa in Poland. They discovered a two-handed sword, or rather a hand-and-a-half sword, and two axe heads from ...

A group of amateur treasure hunters near Poland’s Osa River made a remarkable discovery, unearthing rare and well-preserved medieval military artifacts. The team, part of GRYF – Biskupieckie ...

Buried for centuries, a massive medieval sword has just been uncovered in Poland, its sheer size and design hinting at a brutal past. The discovery, made by a group of local treasure hunters, has left ...

This time around, they found something more mighty: a big honking sword from the Middle Ages ... All that’s known is that they are Medieval in origin, though that’s vague, as the Middle ...

They dug up the heads of two axes and a large-sized sword and brought them to the local medieval museum, the Museum in Ostróda said in a Feb. 15 Facebook post. The pieces were in a relatively good ...

Once the sword is drawn the actual sword movements are the same for all. In the interest of uniformity, parade commanders may issue instructions for scabbards to be either hooked-up or slung. When ...