Restorers at the Landesmuseum in the city of Halle have determined that a fragment of a painted wooden shield excavated from a princely tomb near Magdeburg is 1,700 years old, making it the oldest ...

The Viking shields found on the Gokstad ship in 1880 were not strictly ceremonial and may have been used in hand-to-hand combat, according to a new analysis. When you purchase through links on our ...

Danish archaeologists say they have found a well-preserved Viking shield that is more than 1,000 years old. Archaeologist Kirsten Christensen says the wooden shield has a diameter of 32 inches.