or even parts of manual drills used in jewelry-making. However, a more recent approach proposes that at least some of these discs might have been solar compasses, instruments used by Viking navigators ...

A dig site in Pacé, Brittany has thus far turned up artifacts from the Late Bronze Age through to the medieval era ...

Now, a new study posits the discs were also compasses used by Viking navigators during the ... or tools used to sharpen objects or make jewelry. The discs are made from pyrophyllite, a mineral ...

The ring would have belonged to Roman elites who would have used it both as a piece of jewelry and as a seal ... been buried when the Carolingian Empire was under duress during the Viking Age was ...

Now, a new study posits the discs were also compasses used by Viking navigators during the 12th and 13th ... may have served as calendars or tools used to sharpen objects or make jewelry. The discs ...

However, the discs stand out due to their unique designs – concentric rings and radial lines – that have fueled ... or parts of manual drills used in jewelry-making. Others propose a ceremonial ...

Gastrointestinal illness outbreaks on Princess Cruises and Viking ships sickened nearly 150 people. Among 1,894 guests aboard Princess’ Coral Princess ship, 59 reported being ill during its ...

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Paying a fine in Viking-age Sweden could cost you an ox. Or, if you prefer, it’s equivalent in silver. A new analysis of a thousand-year-old iron ring from Sweden is changing our ...