A rare 1,000-year-old Viking gold arm ring, discovered by metal detectorist Ronald Clucas on the Isle of Man, has been unveiled at the Manx Museum's Viking Gallery. The artifact joined the exhibition ...

Vikings faced similar practical challenges, which makes the traditional interpretation of the ring’s requirements questionable. At the heart of this reinterpretation is the Old Norse word “auk.” ...

Researchers have discovered that an ancient gold disc found in southern Denmark includes the earliest written reference to the Norse god Odin ... The piece of jewelry — which dates to the ...

Buried in a pile of costume jewelry was an ancient gold ... Bluetooth, a Viking-born king who turned his back on old Norse religion and converting to Christianity. He is noted for bringing ...

Odin is one of the primary gods of Norse mythology, a pre-Christian pagan belief system central to Viking society. “This is the smoking gun for Odin’s presence in Scandinavia as early as the ...

Viking pennyAn 11th-century Norse silver coin was discovered at a ... Dendrochronology, which places events in time using trees’ growth rings, is a valuable tool for archaeologists.

Even Odin, considered the father of Norse Mythology, received aid from a vølve ... That changed in the 1950s, when researchers uncovered a vølve grave in the Viking ring castle of Fyrkat near the town ...

It’s well established that Viking explorers made it ... to make a variety of products such as jewelry and tools across Europe during the medieval era. Norse cultures were integral for sourcing ...

Credit: Ulrika Eriksson / Svenska kyrkan A reinterpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring, an ancient Viking artifact, has shed new light on the monetary systems of the Viking Age. This ...