NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n A 700-year-old sword was recently reeled in by a fisherman<\/a> in Poland \u2014 offering a rare glimpse into warfare in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n The discovery was announced by the Capital Conservator of Monuments in Warsaw last month.<\/p>\n In a Facebook post, the department said the lucky angler found the sword in the Vistula River<\/a>.<\/p>\n WORKERS DISCOVER 18TH-CENTURY VESSEL WHILE INSTALLING PIPELINE IN MEDIEVAL ‘GAME OF THRONES’ CITY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “It was supposed to be this big<\/i> a fish \u2013 but it turned out to be this big<\/i> a sword!” the post read.<\/p>\n “As you can see, the Vistula hides some real treasures<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Experts believe the newfound sword dates back to the 13th or 14th century, around the time Warsaw was founded.<\/span> (Sto\u0142eczny Konserwator Zabytk\u00f3w via Facebook)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The fisherman surrendered the sword to local authorities, who transferred it to local experts.<\/p>\n A team is now working to preserve the artifact<\/a> for future study.<\/p>\n “A sword this old, found in what is now Warsaw, is unique.”<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Facebook page’s post noted that the sword is preserved “almost in its full length” and features both a spherical pommel and a cross mark on its grip.<\/p>\n 1,000-YEAR-OLD MEDIEVAL SWORD EMERGES FROM DUTCH RIVER AFTER CHANCE DISCOVERY: ‘BARELY CORRODED’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Anna Magdalena \u0141a\u0144, a chief specialist with the city of Warsaw, told Fox News Digital that experts are still studying the sword.<\/p>\n “The sword is dated to the 13th or 14th century, which is the time when Warsaw was founded,” \u0141a\u0144 noted in an email translated from Polish to English.<\/p>\n The weapon measures over 31 inches long, including its hilt, according to local officials.<\/span> (Sto\u0142eczny Konserwator Zabytk\u00f3w via Facebook)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “A more precise date may be determined thanks to the cross mark, which is the \u2018signature\u2019 of the blacksmith who made it,” she added. “Research is ongoing.”<\/p>\n She said the length of the sword, including the hilt, is over 31 inches.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n “I don\u2019t know the weight, but the sword is quite light because [of a] very large extent of corrosion,” \u0141a\u0144 said.\u00a0<\/p>\n “A sword this old, found in what is now Warsaw, is unique.”<\/p>\n “The sword was found in a river, meaning it was discovered without context \u2013 that is, without other artifacts that could tell us more about it.”<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n The circumstances of why the sword was dropped in the river are now lost to time.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com\/lifestyle<\/u><\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n \u0141a\u0144 noted that swords were not deposited ritually in 13th-century Poland; they were more of a pagan tradition than a Christian one.<\/p>\n “A more precise date may be determined thanks to the cross mark,” a city expert told Fox News Digital. A close-up of the mark is seen above.<\/span> (Sto\u0142eczny Konserwator Zabytk\u00f3w via Facebook)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n She concluded, “The sword was found in a river, meaning it was discovered without context \u2013 that is, without other artifacts that could tell us more about it.”<\/p>\n The weapon is one of many fascinating archaeological discoveries<\/a> made in Poland this year.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In Gda\u0144sk, Poland,<\/a> archaeologists recently found a medieval knight’s tomb beneath a former ice cream parlor.<\/p>\n Months earlier, a pair of pedestrians found a 2,500-year-old dagger on a Polish beach,<\/a> on the coast of the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n![\"Split](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1200\/675\/poland-warsaw-medieval-sword-discovery-2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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