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Livros Vikings
Oct 13, 20222 min read
VIKING GREAT ARMY: ARCHAEOLOGISTS START SEARCH FOR VIKING AGE CAMP
A dig is taking place in Northumberland with hopes of finding a camp belonging to the Viking Great Army...
Livros Vikings
Jul 28, 20222 min read
HIGH-STATUS DANISH VIKINGS WORE EXOTIC BEAVER FURS
Identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item....
Livros Vikings
Jun 29, 20222 min read
SATELLITE DATA POINTS TO POSSIBLE BURIAL SITE OF ‘BLUETOOTH VIKING KING’
Archaeologists have identified the possible burial site of Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, using satellite data from the Polish village of...
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
Jan 25, 20223 min read
UNESCO LISTS VIKING-ERA WOODEN SAILBOATS ON HERITAGE LIST
In December, the UN’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Herita...
Livros Vikings
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...
Livros Vikings
Aug 24, 20212 min read
NEW PERSPECTIVES CREATE DOUBTS ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE INVOLVING AN ANCIENT VIKING FUNERAL
Archaeologists were baffled after finding what they believed to be the lost body of an ancient Viking king deep beneath a church...
Livros Vikings
Jul 8, 20215 min read
VIKINGS WERE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THE MULTIRACIAL SOCIETIES OF CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN EUROPE
A number of individuals who were buried as Vikings were found to be of local ancestry, which suggests that being a Viking...
Livros Vikings
May 20, 20213 min read
VIKING SHIP BURIALS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY
New detailed surveys of Viking age ship settings in Hjarnø, Denmark have been completed by archaeologists examining the origins and make...
Livros Vikings
May 5, 20212 min read
VIKING REMAINS LOST FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED IN A MUSEUM
The remains of a Viking have been rediscovered after being missing for more than a century. They were safely stored in a museum the whole...
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