Despite its anatomical look, the hilt likely helped to batter an opponent's armor during combat. Nearly eight years of excavation work at a medieval fortress in Gothenburg, Sweden has yielded a number ...

A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its wielder to damage opponents’ armour, archaeologists say. Archaeological ...

Traces of four medieval structures dating from the 14th to 17th centuries were discovered next to a highway near Bothwell in Scotland, where the Netherton Cross (a 10th century stone cross) once stood ...

A discovery of a testicle-shaped dagger at an ancient fortress was likely a bold statement and a useful weapon. Archaeologists working at the Gullberg fortress in Sweden uncovered a trove of weapons, ...

The clanging of steel fills the air as the sparring begins. A man, sword in hand, plunges his blade towards his enemy's chest. A few metres away, a woman twists her dagger as she latches onto her ...

An amateur metal detectorist has found a 3,500 year old dagger which has shocked museum researchers by it's excellent condition. Matt Boom, 35, took up metal detecting five years ago after his father ...

Residents of Kamloops, B.C., can now learn about something from medieval times: sword fighting and European martial arts. Simon Rainier teaches at Lynx Armizare, a new school of medieval European ...