A new study suggests that medieval stone discs found in Ukraine were likely used by Vikings as solar compasses to navigate the seas. According to Discover Magazine, these discs, composed of the ...

The study’s authors contend that some of the disks display key features that would have used the sun to operate as a compass, sharing similarities with other Viking artifacts originating from ...

Medieval Europeans believed that the movements of the sun, moon, stars, and planets directly affected their lives on earth. The position of these celestial bodies had the power to not only influence ...