Curator Peter Pentz was exploring the vast archives of Denmark’s National Museum when he stumbled upon an unusual artifact: a small figurine depicting a well-groomed man. Now, Pentz says the trinket ...

The first true portrait of a Viking has emerged from a museum drawer after 200 years, and it’s absolutely not what you expect. A curator at the National Museum of Denmark has rediscovered a tiny, 10th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Denmark’s National Museum recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind Viking “portrait,” which researchers claim is the closest they ...

Denmark's National Museum has unveiled what it described as the first "portrait" of a Viking: a miniature 10th-century figurine depicting a man with an imperial moustache, braided beard and ...

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Denmark's National Museum unveiled Wednesday what it described as the first "portrait" of a Viking: a miniature 10th-century figurine depicting a man with an imperial moustache, braided beard and ...

The figurine is a little more than an inch tall. Roberto Fortuna / National Museum of Denmark Curator Peter Pentz was exploring the vast archives of Denmark’s National Museum when he stumbled upon an ...

Denmark’s National Museum recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind Viking “portrait,” which researchers claim is the closest they have yet come to an actual painting or photograph from the Viking Age, ...