A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that may be a cross or an unfinished Thor's hammer.

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It’s old news by now that Columbus was far from the first European to make it to the Americas. We know for a fact, for instance, that there were Vikings in Newfoundland 1,000 years ago – but what they ...

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The mix of people, animals, wagons and houses suggests a possible funeral procession headed toward a large tree that may represent Yggdrasill, the Norse tree of life.

The Vikings: A Memorable Visit to America The Icelandic house of what is likely the first European-American baby has scholars rethinking the Norse sagas ...

It’s well established that Viking explorers made it to North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus. Recently discovered evidence, however, indicates Norse sailors weren’t only ...

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 ...

Before the Vindelev hoard’s discovery, the oldest mention of Odin was a brooch found in southern Germany from the latter half of the 6th century.