Mighty Warrior's Medieval Sword Pulled Triumphantly ... from Denmark Sewer

[Judi Lynn]

By Laura Geggel, Senior Writer | February 8, 2019 12:54pm ET

A sharp sword lodged deep within a sewer caught the eye of a pipe layer and an engineer working in Aalborg, Denmark, on Tuesday (Feb. 5). After showing it to archaeologists, the two could hardly believe their luck.

The double-edged sword — a deadly, 3.6-foot-long (112 centimeters) weapon — likely belonged to an elite warrior in medieval times, during the 1300s, according to archaeologists from the Historical Museum of Northern Jutland.

And that warrior likely paid a pretty penny for the weapon. [In Photos: Early Medieval Village Discovered in Denmark]

"Acquiring a sword in the Middle Ages was an extremely costly affair, and only the warrior elite — who then consisted of the nobility — could afford to carry such a weapon," the museum said in a translated statement.

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