Researchers have discovered that an ancient gold disc found in southern Denmark includes the earliest written reference to the Norse god Odin, revealing that he was worshiped 150 years earlier ...

Metal detectorists unearth ancient jewelry — and find Viking ‘grave field’ in Norway By Aspen Pflughoeft. January 2, 2025 12:16 PM.

Newly displayed 1,300-year-old doodles suggest that medieval monastic life wasn’t all about solemn chants and holy scripture.

Jewelry found in Skumsnes by metal detectorists led archaeologists to over 20 Viking graves with coins and ancient treasures, photos show. Photo from University Museum of Bergen On a rocky island ...

Seven pieces of silver jewelry were discovered by a 22-year-old college student in Denmark. They were found after his metal detector indicated a find in a field near Elsted.

On a farm in Denmark, more than a half-dozen pieces of Viking Age silver jewelry that doubled as money were unearthed. Gustav Brunnsgaard, a 22-year-old metal detectorist and archaeology student at ...

The discovery of the ninth-century brooches also suggests that Jomfruland was settled during the Viking Age (793 to 1066 C.E.), which means that people had lived on the island for longer than ...

Since few sources exist about the Viking Age (circa 800-1050 AD) written by the Norse themselves, one of the best ways to gain some understanding of their way of life is through archaeology and ...

A fully preserved early Viking-era brooch found in Northeastern Estonia this spring is one of two such items that have been discovered in Estonia. It is believed to have belonged to a woman born on ...

A Viking brooch. Two brooches attach the straps of a Viking woman's pinafore ... The Oxford Illustrated History of the Viking by P Sawyer, ed., Oxford University Press 1997.

Like many peoples throughout history, the Vikings demonstrated their wealth and status by wearing beautiful jewellery, ... neck-rings or brooches. In other cases, coins were even mounted as jewellery.

Clues from an ancient Viking trading centre: A tantalizing hint of an ancient trading town Date: July 9, 2013 Source: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ...