In Denmark (Lolland) hobby archaeologist Torben Christiansen found a 10th century bronze Thor’s Hammer. The piece of jewellry was once gilded and has a unique runic inscription, it says: This is a hammer.
Beads
Glass, rock crystal, carnelian
Grave find, Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
Oval brooches
Bronze
These oval brooches feature an early design of a gripping-beast motif.
Grave find, Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
Beads
Glass
Grave find: Kylver, Stånga, Gotland, Sweden
Torque
Silver
Hoard find: Eskilstuna, Södermanland, Sweden
Needle
Bone/Antler
Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
Viking helmets?
The medieval picture showing Icelandic Vikings wearing hats, not helmets.
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"Whether we live or die today is in the hands of the gods. They already know if we sup with them tonight, so fear not. Fight well, and if you fall, surely Odin will take you to Valhalla.”
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DNA study finds around a million Scots and English descended from Vikings
Around a million Britons can claim direct descent from Vikings, according to a new DNA study.
Men from the far north of Scotland were most likely to provide a direct match with almost a third (29.2%) of the men from the Shetland Islands testing positive for Viking blood.
Researchers compared Y chromosome markers, which are inherited from father to son, from more than 3,500 men to six DNA patterns rarely found outside the Norse warrior’s native Norway and Sweden.
Other areas that scored highly included the Orkney Islands (25.2%), Caithness (17.5%) and the Isle of Man (12.3%).
The researchers found around one in 33 men across the UK, or 930,000, were a direct match.
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