MORE FARMERS THAN FIGHTERS: THE VIKING AGE LIFE
The vikings left an indelible mark on history, particularly European history, as they raided, looted, pillaged, and conquered...
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Livros Vikings
Aug 30, 20224 min read
ICELAND’S ANCIENT CAVES REVEAL THE ISLAND’S VIKING EARLY HISTORY
Iceland’s early viking settlers built extensive cave systems to survive...
Livros Vikings
Aug 4, 20224 min read
THE VIKING AGE'S DERRYNAFLAN HOARD
One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and...
Livros Vikings
Jul 14, 20225 min read
THE LOST VIKING VILLAGE OF KAUPANG
Kaupang was a harbor town supposedly located within the larger district known in the literature as “Skiringssal”...
Livros Vikings
Jul 7, 20222 min read
VIKING VILLAGE ATTRACTION WAS APPROVED BY ISLE OF MAN
The project will provide an interactive experience for visitors to glimpse the island's Norse history...
Livros Vikings
Jun 27, 20228 min read
IN JUNE OF 793AD, THE VIKINGS ATTACKED LINDISFARNE, KNOW HOW IT WAS
One such day was the 8 June, 793. That was the day the Vikings attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...
Livros Vikings
Jun 24, 20222 min read
GOVERNMENT U-TURN SAVES NEW VIKING AGE MUSEUM, WILL IT BE?
Norway's Viking ships can finally look forward to an improved home following the government's change of heart on funding...
Livros Vikings
Jun 17, 20222 min read
A 1,200-YEAR-OLD RUNESTONE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A KITCHEN RENOVATION
Mosekærstenen is the 44th runestone found in the area around Randers, and the National Museum must now appraise the stone to determine ho...
Livros Vikings
Jun 10, 20222 min read
PIECES OF AN ORNAMENTAL VIKING AGE SWORD REUNITED BY SPECIALISTS
Pieces of an ornamental Viking sword have been reunited after 1,200 years apart...
Livros Vikings
Jun 1, 20228 min read
SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SPECTACULAR VIKING ARTEFACTS
The vikings were influenced by cultures before and informed those after, finding an artefact that genuinely adds to the picture of the Vi...
Livros Vikings
May 30, 20223 min read
OSLO’S FAMOUS VIKING SHIPS AT RISK AS DEMANDS BUDGET CUTS
Ten years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...
Livros Vikings
May 16, 20225 min read
THE LESSER-KNOWN VIKING CRUSADE
The first European king to set sail for the Holy land was from Norway, Sigurd I, in the summer of 1110 a.C....
Livros Vikings
Apr 19, 202210 min read
THE REAL-HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS VIKING SIEGES OF PARIS
Ninth-century France proved very lucrative for the Vikings. It was a land marred by civil war and bad harvests, and the Norsemen took adv...
Livros Vikings
Apr 15, 20223 min read
3 FIERCE FEMALE VIKING WARRIORS THAT YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO MESS WITH
There had been debates among historians on whether real female Viking warriors who fought, raided, and ransacked just as fiercely as men...
Livros Vikings
Apr 12, 20221 min read
A NEW VIKING SHIP WAS DISCOVERED IN NORWAY
The survey has now revealed a boat grave in addition to several burial mounds. The boat measures between 8 to 9 metres and was placed in....
Livros Vikings
Apr 8, 20224 min read
THE PERFECTLY PRESERVED VIKING WEAVER’S SWORD
The Weaver’s Sword is a Viking artefact, believed to date to the late 11th century...
Livros Vikings
Mar 23, 20225 min read
THE VARANGIAN GUARD, THE VIKINGS WHO SERVED AS THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR’S PERSONAL ARMY
Durante séculos, os vikings viajaram de toda a Escandinávia para se juntar à elite da Guarda Varangiana que protegia o imperador romano o...
Livros Vikings
Mar 15, 20222 min read
VIKING ARTEFACTS FOUND IN BEBINGTON COULD LEAD TO ANSWERS ABOUT HISTORIC EVENTS
Viking artefacts were found in Bebington, Merseyside which will be examined to uncover new insights into where they came from...
Livros Vikings
Mar 11, 20225 min read
THE HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND
An app developed by academics at the University of Liverpool aims to change that, and to reveal how important Lancashire and Lakeland were..
Livros Vikings
Feb 2, 20222 min read
NORTHAMPTON DEBUT FOR VIKING EXHIBITION WITH REPLICA LONGBOAT
Valhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...
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Dec 14, 20212 min read
FOUND IN 2015, A VIKING SWORD IS AN INVESTIGATION TARGET IN SCOTLAND
Archaeologists say discoveries from Papa Westray are “mind-blowing” as work continues to unravel the evidence of early Viking settlers...
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Dec 8, 20212 min read
A VIKING BODYGUARD CAN BE AN LINK BETWEEN A 1000 YEARS EGYPTIAN EARRING AND DENMARK
An extremely rare golden piece of jewellery from Egypt has been found in West Jutland, Denmark...
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Sep 27, 20216 min read
A SUPPOSED VIKING MAP OF AMERICA IS A 20TH-CENTURY FORGERY
New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested...
Livros Vikings
Sep 2, 20214 min read
NORWEGIAN FOREST, THE VIKING CAT
They were employed by the Vikings during their expeditions. How would cats help these legendary conquerors, you might ask?...
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