National Museums Scotland The Galloway Hoard is considered the “richest collection” of Viking-age artifacts ever found in Britain or Ireland, according to the museums, and teaches historians ...

(National Museums Scotland) (Ken Feisel ... and most curious collection of Viking Age (ca. A.D. 793–1066) artifacts ever unearthed in Great Britain or Ireland. While it consists of no less ...

“It is incredible to imagine how the vessel made its journey halfway round the known world, from Iran to this distant corner of south-west Scotland.” Dr Jane Kershaw, an expert on Viking-age ...

Ten years on from the discovery of the Viking-age Galloway Hoard in south Scotland, experts have revealed that part of the collection came from West Asia. The collection - described as one of the ...

On the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides ... a time when the island was gradually transitioning to the Iron Age. Simple and unadorned, it stands as an exceptionally rare example ...

The silver ingot would have been used during the Viking Age in exchange for goods and ... coins discovered by amateur metal detectorists in Scotland 2,000-year-old spoon from Isle of Man may ...