article_snippet: The study, published in the journal Scanning, says:
article_snippet: Last year, a Viking sword was discovered in a field in Norway by aman scanning the area with a metal detector.
article_snippet: This led experts from the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to excavate the site.
article_snippet: This led experts from the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to excavate the site found a grave dating to 950AD that contained the remains of a shield buried with a Viking warrior, as well as a sword bearing an inscription.
article_snippet: Archaeologist Ingrid Ystgaard told ThorNews: