Ruled by the Britons, the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons, the Normans, and eventually raided relentlessly by Vikings, the ...

In a stunning discovery reported in Popular Mechanics, metal detectorists Paul Gould and Chris Phillips uncovered an extraordinary golden raven head with a direct connection to Norse mythology.

Metal detectorists in southwest England unearthed the two gold-and-garnet objects from the Anglo-Saxon period in January.

While continuing his search nearby, Phillips came across a stunning golden raven head with an inlaid eye of garnet. The raven figures prominently in Norse mythology as a symbol of the god Odin ...