Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden

[nitpicker]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45753455

Girl, 8, pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from a lake in Sweden

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An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer. Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family's holiday home in Jönköping County.

The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum now believe it may date to around 1,500 years ago. "It's not every day that you step on a sword in the lake!" Mikael Nordström from the museum said.

The level of the water was extremely low at the time, owing to a drought, which is probably why Saga uncovered the ancient weapon. "I felt something in the water and lifted it up. Then there was a handle and I went to tell my dad that it looked like a sword," Saga told the Sveriges Radio broadcaster.

Saga's father Andy Vanecek told the English-language website The Local he initially thought his daughter had found an unusual stick or branch in the water.

It was only after he asked a friend to take a closer look did he discover that it was likely to be an ancient relic.
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[ZZenith]

1. She's the one!

Make her the queen of Sweden immediately!

[democratisphere]

2. Interesting and amazing find and story.

[airplaneman]

3. Isn't this the same as pulling the sword out of stone? n/t.

[kag]

4. I'm currently reading a book about the "real" King Arthur.

Or at least this author's theory and research on the subject. It's certainly the right time frame (around 500 AD). My book doesn't say anything about a connection to Sweden, but who knows...?

Saga. What a great name for a new Queen of the Round Table.

[SunSeeker]

5. It doesn't say what sort of metal the sword is made of, but it is really well preserved.

Amazing that it sat uncovered for so long at the bottom of that lake. You'd think it would get covered with silt.

[Grokenstein]

6. The Lady of the Lake Strikes Again!

"Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses! Not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!"

[Harker]

7. Someone will write

Saga's saga.

[ET Awful]

8. Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!