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

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including priceless Viking jewelry and coins.

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable artifacts from Viking graves in Norway — all ... which were filled with coins, jewelry and other treasure, belonged to wealthy women.

Søren Diinhoff / University Museum of Bergen Archaeologists have unearthed coins, jewelry and stones from graves in Norway that likely belonged to high-status Viking women, reports Science ...

French archaeologists have discovered artifacts and sites spanning multiple centuries, from the Late Bronze Age to the medieval era ... Roman elites who would have used it both as a piece of jewelry ...

A triangular brooch of glass mosaic and gold enamel is suspected to have come from Ireland or England, highlighting the expansive trade of the Vikings. “There is a growing body of research hinting at ...

The brooch has a long and storied history, dating back to the Bronze Age and initially working like giant safety pins, typically worn on the right shoulder to fasten heavy draped cloaks or tunics.

The half-buried Bronze Age ruins of Dmanisis Gora perch on a windswept promontory a few kilometers away from a cave where Homo erectus (or a close relative) lived 1.8 million years ago.