An early medieval bucket atop one of the graves Duncan Sayer Hoping to shed new light on funerary practices, conservator Dana Goodburn-Brown is studying and preserving the sword in a lab.

This early medieval sword, dating to the 9th or 10th century ... Specialists removed mineralized coatings without compromising its original structure. The process took months, conducted in ...

with Kazimierczak saying the process involved the careful removal of mineralized coatings so as to not alter the sword’s original form and shape. The ministry also noted that the work occurred ...