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The 900-year-old trinket was unearthed at the site of a Viking farmstead in Iceland's Thjorsardalur valley.
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Known as Hop, the settlement has been spoken of in Norse sagas passed down over hundreds of years.
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The temple will be the first of its kind to be built in the country since the time of the Vikings.
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According to experts at the Jorvik Viking Center, the apocalyptic 'Ragnarok' will soon be upon us.
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According to Norse mythology the Vikings have their own version of doomsday and it is fast approaching.