BURIED for more than a 1,000 years, these beautifully cast fragments of a Viking sword could be a once-in-a-lifetime find for two metal detector enthusiasts in the Isle of Man.Only the 13th recorded Viking sword found in the Island, it was unearthed by Da...

One of the Vikings' most important trading centres has been discovered in Ireland.The settlement at Woodstown in County Waterford is estimated to be about 1,200 years old.It was discovered during archaeological excavations for a road by-pass for Waterford...

Police in Bavaria have confiscated a trove of ancient Latin American artefacts from the Mayan, Aztec and Incan cultures worth an estimated $100 million.The collection of cultural treasures is thought to have been smuggled to Munich from Costa Rica by way ...