When she first saw the small shining disk soon after it was discovered in the town of Vindelev in 2021, runologist Lisbeth Imer of the National Museum of Denmark had an inkling of what its inscription ...

A gold pendant recently unearthed in Denmark bears the earliest known inscription featuring the Norse god Odin. Archaeologists think the pendant — which is technically known as a bracteate and made of ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are employing cutting-edge technology to digitally unfold the world’s largest gold bracteate, which is a medallion-like necklace measuring ...

A centuries-old gold disc found in Denmark has revealed the earliest known mention of the Norse god Odin and shown he was being worshipped at least 150 years earlier than previously thought. The disc, ...

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Scientists in Denmark have identified the oldest-known reference to the Norse god Odin — notably the father of Thor, among many other sons — on a gold pendant unearthed in 2020. The 1,500-year-old ...

A new find from Denmark dubbed the Vindelev bracteate, has challenged the previous understanding of religion in late prehistoric and early medieval Scandinavia. The discovery of the oldest recorded ...

Researchers are creating scans of crumpled Iron Age treasures — including the world’s largest gold “bracteate” — in order to digitally straighten them out and reveal their secrets. Found in a field ...

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—The Guardian reports that a reference to the Norse god Odin has been identified on a gold bracteate by runologist Lisbeth Imer of the National Museum of Denmark. The inscription ...

The oldest known inscription mentioning the Norse god Odin has been found on a gold pendant in Denmark from the fifth century A.D. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...