Swords, Goteborg Stadsmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Viking longsword, in the new style c. 700 AD, longer, heavier and double-edged, used by the Vikings in a hacking motion rather than stabbing, in the Museum of Gothenburg, or Goteborg Stadsmuseum, a history museum founded 1861 and housed in East India House, in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074139
Media ID
45705877
Size
5702px x 8268px
(4.8MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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