Viking berserkers existed as mercenaries for hundreds of years during the Scandinavian Middle Ages, traveling in bands to fight wherever they could get paid. But they also worshiped Odin and were...
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A recent study delves into the discovery of three women from Viking-Age Gotland who underwent skull elongation. This investigation sheds light on the fascinating tradition of body modification pr...
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Trevor Penny found a Viking sword while magnet fishing in Oxfordshire (Picture: Trevor Penny/Triangle News) A magnet fisherman was shocked to learn a rusty sword he had pulled from a river was ...
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Science loves the Vikings. NASA’s 1970s mission to Mars paid homage to the Vikings, and Bluetooth wireless technology takes its name from the Viking king of Denmark and Norway, Harald Bluetooth...
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Long before Russia or Ukraine existed, there was Kyivan Rus. Centuries before Russia or Ukraine raised arms against each other, Scandinavians made their way to Novgorod before moving on to Kyiv...
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The Vinland Map courted controversy from the moment its discovery was announced. / Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University // Public Domain (map); wilatlak villette/Moment/Gett...
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The knife engraved with runes believed to be Denmark's oldest. Photo: Rógvi N. Johansen, Museum Odense. Archaeologists from the Museum Odense in Denmark recently unearthed a significant histor...
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Courtesy National Museum of Denmark. The Merovingian line ruled the Franks from the middle of the fifth century until 751. The Merovingians play a prominent role in French historiography an...
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Lars Nielsen was casually using his metal detector while exploring the Emmerlev area in Denmark when he made quite the surprising discovery: a large and luxurious-looking gold ring set with a red...
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A metal detectorist has discovered a rare Merovingian gold ring dating to 500-600 A.D. in Emmerlev, Southwest Jutland, Denmark. The ring is made of 22-carat gold and is set with an oval cabochon ...
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STAVANGER, NORWAY—According to a statement released by the University of Stavanger, a ground-penetrating radar survey conducted on Klosterøy, an island off Norway’s southwestern coast, has ...
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BEOWULF AND THE NORTH BEFORE THE VIKINGS BY TOM SHIPPEY ARC HUMANITIES PRESS ISBN: 9781802700138 How much history is there in the story of Beowulf? The author argues that we can learn more...
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The impact the Vikings had on Britain is being examined in a new set of stamps issued by Royal Mail. The eight stamps feature Viking artefacts and locations of significance from around the UK...
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Archaeologists from Archaeology South-East have uncovered traces of the Saxon town of Lundenwic beneath the National Gallery in London. Following the collapse of Roman Britain, Londoninium (Lo...
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A BURIAL MOUND EXPLORED LAST JUNE IN NORWAY HOLDS THE REMAINS OF A SHIP THAT PREDATES THE VIKING AGE. ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THIS IS SCANDINAVIA’S OLDEST KNOWN SHIP BURIAL. Archaeologists and...
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Recreated Viking sod houses behind a wooden fence at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada. / Dylan Kereluk, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.0 L’Anse aux Meadows, an archaeological site in ...
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Images of the early medieval sword as well as an X-ray image. (Image credit: O. Ochotny) Workers made a surprising discovery in Poland when they pulled an early medieval sword from a muddy rive...
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Tom Quad, Christ Church, Oxford University – image David Beard The Oxford Experience summer school is held at Christ Church, Oxford. Participants stay in Christ Church and eat in the famou...
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The sword at the discovery site | photo Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji Włocławek A Viking sword from the 9th to 10th centuries was accidentally discovered a few days ago at the bottom of the Vis...
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The festival reaches its climax with the burning of a Viking galley Shetland's Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival is taking place in Lerwick - with a new prominence for women at the 143-year-old ...
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A very rare Byzantine coin is among dozens of medieval and Viking-era objects discovered in eastern Norway last year. Officials with Innlandet County Municipality have released details of items f...
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Archaeologists at the Museum Odense have identified Denmark’s oldest runes inscribed on a 1,850-year-old knife blade. The inscription consists of five runes with three depressions that runologi...
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The Oseberg Ship burial is one of the greatest Viking mysteries. The individuals buried together with the ship are a riddle, and the fact something very strange occurred before the buria...
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An aerial view of the burial mound in central Norway. (Image credit: Geir Grønnesby) A large, grassy hill in Norway known as the Herlaugshagen burial mound was likely the site of a pre-Viking ...
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