It might be smaller than Hollywood’s depiction of the hammer of Thor, but the unusual artifact is the first of its kind to be discovered. Archaeologists discovered the Viking Age amulet, known as ...

In the first millennium CE, Vikings wore little replicas of Thor’s hammer Mjölnir, like this one discovered recently in Denmark. What’s incredible about this find are the runes on the hammer. Amulets ...

The gold amulet is estimated to be 1,500-years-old Museum Lolland-Falster A gold amulet bearing the face of Viking god Odin has been discovered on the Danish Island of Lolland. It could be as old as 1 ...

The rare sandstone amulet was found at a previously unexplored site in Þjórsárdalur, southern Iceland, according to Iceland Magazine. The Viking treasure, which was meant to be worn around the neck, ...

It was made from the tooth of a brown bear and was once worn by a Viking in the Orkney Isles around 1,000 years ago. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...