The Vikings considered silver artifacts valuable and typically used ... The bracelets and surrounding dirt were taken to the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger for further ...

An unidentified man found the armlet in a wetland last fall. Kalmar County Administrative Board. Last fall, a Swedish man ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. In 1992 Mark ...

Karl-Oskar Erlandsson (an archaeologist from Kalmar) said that from the over 1,000 Viking-era bracelets in the country’s State Historical Museum, only three of the ancient objects are made of iron.

Restless in their exploration both westward and eastward from Scandinavia, the Vikings left artifacts, such as this 10th-century silver coin, along their trade routes spanning eastern Europe and ...

In this clip, an archaeologist explains to children visiting a museum why the discovery of a Viking grave is important. This is because in Viking burials, objects important to the person were ...

The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder ... Sweden’s National Historical Museum has over 1,000 armbands, yet only three are made of iron, the county said.

But it turned out to be a Viking Age iron arm bracelet ... comparing it to similar objects from the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm. The C-shaped artifact is decorated ornately.