Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including ...
Three high-status women, though perhaps not Scandinavians themselves, were, or perhaps were not, interred there.
The brooches are highly decorated with patterns common to the era Two intricately decorated Viking age bronze brooches found by metal detectorists on the Isle of Man have gone on display for the ...
The brooches will undergo conservation work before being put on display Two "significant" Viking brooches found by metal detectorists on the Isle of Man have been declared treasure. The 10cm-long ...
The brooches appear to have been repurposed from the clasps of ... Some of the artifacts appear to have originated in England ...
A photo shows the Viking grave. Although looted previously, archaeologists still found part of a Norse brooch, fragments of a metal dish and a triangular clasp, both from modern-day England or ...
Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered a Viking grave site containing the possessions of wealthy people, along with valuable jewellery, coins, and other unique treasures.
One of the most interesting artifacts uncovered was a book clasp that the Vikings appeared to refashion as a buckle or brooch pin. Diinhoff explained that the clasp was likely raided from a ...
The brooches appear to have been repurposed from ... which is indicative of the Vikings’ long-distance trade routes. But the women may also have had their own ties to continental Europe.