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Rare Viking-era bracelet discovered in Swedish wetland by passerby
An exceptionally rare bracelet from the Viking Age has been found in a wetland area near Löt on the island ...
CT scans of Viking-age skulls reveal widespread disease
A new study by scientists at the University of Gothenburg has shed light on the health of Viking-age people in ...
Deciphered Viking runes reveal Galloway hoard was communally owned
A new interpretation of a runic inscription found on a silver arm ring from the well-known Viking-era Galloway Hoard has ...
Medieval stone disks found in Ukraine could be Viking solar compasses
A new study by researchers Olena Veremeychyk and Olga Antowska-Gorączniak has reignited the debate over eight medieval pyrophyllite disks found ...
Archaeologists unearth rich Viking women’s graves in Norway with jewelry and coins
Archaeologists working on the west coast of Norway have uncovered a Viking Age burial site at Skumsnes farm in Fitjar. ...
Museum worker discovers Viking-era sword while swimming in a Polish river
A Viking-era sword, dating back to the 9th or 10th century, has been unveiled by the Military Museum in Białystok, ...
“First of its kind” Viking sword fragment discovered in the Netherlands
A remarkable fragment of a Viking sword, described as a “first of its kind,” has been unearthed near the village ...
Vast Viking burial ground with ship burials uncovered in Halland, Sweden
Archaeologists have unearthed a vast Viking Age burial ground near Varberg in Halland County, Sweden, during what began as an ...
Medieval walrus ivory hint at Viking trade with Indigenous Americans centuries before Columbus
A study published in Science Advances reveals that Viking hunters, in search of walrus ivory, ventured deep into the High ...