Researchers suspect this is likely the case, as the necklace appears to have been buried inside a leather pouch ... During the Viking Age, the site was a farm that likely belonged to the local ...

Now a 900-year-old 'Thor's Hammer' Viking necklace carved from sandstone has been found in Iceland for the first time. The extremely rare lucky charm was discovered at a previously unexplored site ...

Archaeologists have unearthed coins, jewelry and stones from graves in Norway that likely belonged to high-status Viking women ... to have been buried inside a leather pouch, rather than around ...