Until now, researchers have mainly focused on identifying who is portrayed on amulets from the Viking Age. Marianne Hem Eriksen wanted to find out how they were used.

The fashion for dental bling goes back 1,000 years, according to a new discovery by archaeologists. Long before contemporary trends for gold dental caps or teeth inlaid with diamonds became popular, ...

Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden made the discovery They were working to recreate patterns found in Viking woven bands Instead of traditional Viking patterns, they found ancient Arabic ...

Swedish researchers this week unveiled burial costumes in graves from the Viking Age with the words ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’ written on them. Muslims use the word Allah for god, while Ali is the name of ...

One of the excavated fragments made from fine silk and silver thread discovered at the two Swedish sites, Birka and Gamla Uppsala Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial ...

In a surprising find by Swedish researchers, alleged Arabic characters were found woven into the burial costumes found from Viking boat graves, as well as the chamber grave clothing of central Viking ...