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 ...

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.