The group Straumfjordr, based in Exeter, recreates life during the Iron Age and Viking era.
“For this next part, everyone is going to need an axe.” One at a time, 12 undergraduate students chose a blade from the toolbox in a studio at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, a city about ...
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Ragnar Lothbrok became one of the most feared Viking names, but how much of his story is true?
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A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5 captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look back at Scandinavian history is ...
The Jelling stones are large carved runestones from the 10th century. From the year 800 to 1050, what we now know as Denmark played a central role as a home base for Viking expeditions far and wide.
Bones and teeth of ancient Scandinavians excavated from burials, a sunken warship and the sites of a violent massacre have helped an international group of scientists craft an unprecedented picture of ...
The Oseberg ship -- The culture of northern Heathendom -- The causes of the Viking Age -- 'The devastation of all the islands of Britain by the Heathens' -- The Vikings in the Carolingian empire -- ...
Viking explorer Leif Erikson is remembered with a large statue in front of the landmark church Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik, Iceland. Thanks to famous tales of discovery involving the likes of Erik ...
The key historical twist is location. By itself, a single pendant can look like a lost trinket; in context, it becomes part of a pattern that helps plot movement, supply, and presence. Coupland says ...
Archaeologists have made an "exciting" discovery regarding a large burial mound that may help rewrite the history of the Nordic region. This summer, a team of researchers investigated the so-called ...
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