In 2014, Derek McLennan, a metal detectorist from Scotland, stumbled upon one of the most significant archaeological finds of the Viking Age. Hidden in a ploughed field near Dumfries and Galloway, ...

Twenty-two pieces of silver bullion, including both raw ingots and flattened Viking arm rings, were discovered in the Galloway Hoard. Arm rings such as these, which are usually found in Ireland and ...

A spectacular Viking boat burial was uncovered this year on the coast of Ardnamurchan, a remote region of western Scotland, the first such burial to be found on the British mainland. A spectacular ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A hoard of Viking gold and silver artifacts dating back over 1,000 years has been discovered by a treasure hunter with a metal detector in Scotland, in a find hailed by experts as ...

One vessel in the hoard had Zoroastrian religious symbols. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. They were wrong. A new analysis of the ...