The runes are an ancient writing system used by Germanic peoples, especially the Vikings, between the 2nd and 15th centuries.

Ancient Amulets Were Powerful Tokens Materials used for jewelry ranged from precious metals and stones to organic materials like leather and textiles. Some of these materials, such as amber, had both ...

Depictions of this left eye became the powerful Eye of Horus symbol. "The wedjat is one of the most iconic amulets from ancient Egypt," Kei Yamamoto, an Egyptologist at the University of Toronto ...

Believed to possess magical qualities, amulets were once widely used. They range from amber pendants worn during Denmark’s Mesolithic age to wind chimes found at Pompeii.

This 2,000-year-old scroll is covered with mysterious words in Aramaic. Miomir Korac/Archaeological Institute The scroll was found in a silver capsule thought to be an amulet. Miomir Korac ...