The 10cm-long highly decorated bronze oval brooches, which date from the start ... The pieces were the "first real artefact evidence" that Viking women visited the island, Manx National Heritage ...

In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

"A bronze key found in the grave symbolizes ... was not fully excavated but contained a gilded brooch and 25 glass beads. Historians also believe that the decedents may have been part of the same ...

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered a Viking grave site containing the possessions of wealthy people, along with valuable jewellery, coins, and other unique treasures.

A bronze key found in a Viking grave in Skumsnes. Photo from University Museum of Bergen Buried in the grave, archaeologists found textile production tools, a house key and “high class jewelry.” ...

Within the grave, archaeologists discovered jewelry and oval-shaped brooches typical of Viking women’s attire ... What’s more, there was a bronze key in her grave. “Textile production ...

and a gilded bronze brooch found in Pitney, Somerset. Jorvik was founded to showcase the finds of an archaeological dig at Coppergate in the 1970s, which uncovered Viking streets and buildings ...