The hoard, dating back roughly 1,000 years, was found on the shores of the Schlei, an inlet in the Baltic Sea.

Pictures: An Elite Viking’s Prized Possessions. Buried for more than a thousand years, Scotland's “Galloway hoard” may include rare artifacts looted from medieval monasteries.

Viking hoard and medieval signet rings among record number of treasure finds reported to authorities by Britain's metal detectorists. By ROBERT FOLKER. Published: 13:20 EDT, 11 February 2025 ...

After reading about the medieval Viking discs discovered in Ukraine, go inside the history of Viking berserkers, the Norse warriors who carried out raids under the influence of hallucinogens.

But there is evidence of body modification. Archaeologists in the 1980s noted "strange marks" on the teeth of male Viking Age skulls that looked like the teeth had been deliberately filed.Some 130 ...