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Illustration
Three Viking Age swords dated to between c. 750-950 CE are shown here. They were found in the river Meuse near Den Bosch, Aalburg and Wessem, in the Netherlands. They now belong to the collections of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden and the Centre Céramique in Maastricht, both also in the Netherlands.
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Kleon3. (2018, May 31). Viking Age Swords. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8850/viking-age-swords/
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Kleon3. "Viking Age Swords." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 31, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8850/viking-age-swords/.
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Kleon3. "Viking Age Swords." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 31 May 2018. Web. 26 Jul 2024.
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