Livros VikingsJun 24, 20222 min readhistory and curiositiesGOVERNMENT 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 VikingsJun 16, 20222 min readarcheologyARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDENArchaeologists excavating at Birka on the island of Björkö, Sweden, have discovered a Viking Age shipyard....
Livros VikingsMay 30, 20223 min readhistory and curiositiesOSLO’S FAMOUS VIKING SHIPS AT RISK AS DEMANDS BUDGET CUTSTen years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...
Livros VikingsApr 12, 20221 min readarcheologyA NEW VIKING SHIP WAS DISCOVERED IN NORWAYThe 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 VikingsFeb 2, 20222 min readhistory and curiositiesNORTHAMPTON DEBUT FOR VIKING EXHIBITION WITH REPLICA LONGBOATValhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...
Livros VikingsJan 25, 20223 min readarcheologyUNESCO LISTS VIKING-ERA WOODEN SAILBOATS ON HERITAGE LISTIn December, the UN’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Herita...
Livros VikingsJun 17, 20215 min readhistory and curiositiesTHE VIKING LONGSHIP: AN ENGINEERING MARVEL OF THE ANCIENT WORLDThe favored war ships of Norsemen were fast and adaptable to various conditions....