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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsu...

*A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE* An impassioned, informative love letter to Iceland. New York Times Book Review This compelling and...

Much like Greek and Roman mythology, Norse myths are still with us. Famous storytellers from JRR Tolkien to Neil Gaiman have drawn their inspiratio...

In exploring how Icelanders interact with natureand their idea that elves live among usNancy Marie Brown shows us how altering our perceptions of t...

In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden, was actually a ...