An extremely rare Viking ‘Thor’s Hammer’ amulet has been discovered in Iceland. In a Facebook post, archaeologists explained that the sandstone amulet was found at a site in Þjórsárdalur, southern ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Ysby, Halland, unearthed an amulet of Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, the symbol for the god of thunder, dating to the Viking age. Screengrab from Kulturmiljö Halland Before construction on ...

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An incredible trove of silver treasure linked to the era of a famous Viking king has been discovered on an island in the Baltic Sea. Hundreds of 1,000-year-old silver coins, rings, pearls and ...

Artifacts don’t usually come with handy labels identifying exactly what an object was, how it was used and what significance it had to its owner. If they did, archaeologists’ jobs would be a lot ...

In Germany, a metal detectorist has unearthed a 1,000-year-old Viking hoard which contains more than 200 artifacts, including what may be the remnants of Thor’s hammer, Live Science reported. The ...