The discovery of the ninth-century brooches also suggests that Jomfruland was settled during the Viking Age (793 to 1066 C.E.), which means that people had lived on the island for longer than ...

Viking burials that included dogs are rare, but they did occur infrequently. ... Apart from the skeletal remains and ornate bronze brooches, these include agricultural tools, ...

Viking women’s gravesites unearthed to find jewelry, coins, and a ‘vulva stone’ 'From a research perspective, this is a small treasure trove.’ By Andrew Paul ...

The Vikings may have earned a reputation for being fearsome warriors—but even they appear to have had a soft spot for their pets. Archaeologists in Norway recently discovered the 1,000-year-old grave ...

The discovery includes two roughly 1,200-year-old brooches, made from bronze and once gilded with gold, that may have belonged to an aristocratic woman. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Viking woman from over 1,100 years ago found buried with her dog and boat. ... along with a pet dog and artefacts like bronze brooches, spindle whorls, and weaving and agricultural tools.

A large, gold Viking ring crafted from twisted metal strands turned up in a very unexpected place: a heap of cheap jewelry a woman in Norway purchased at an online auction.

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large Viking-era burial ground in the east of the country.

Both are made of bronze with traces of gold, suggesting they were gilded. The circular Viking brooch. Photo: Courtesy of Rune Nordseter. The brooches were likely part of a woman’s burial site, ...

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

Well, archaeologists working with Denmark’s Museum Odense found more than 50 viking graves in just six months. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good going—and the Vikings had goodies, too.

The boat burial was a Viking funeral practice that involved placing the dead ... One such burial was found when amateur metal detectorists came across partially exposed bronze brooches in the dirt in ...