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...
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Livros Vikings
Oct 3, 20221 min read
HOPES OF UNCOVERING VIKING BOAT BURIALS DASHED IN SCOTLAND
Hopes of uncovering a rare Viking boat burial at a site on the Isle of Mull have been dashed...
Livros Vikings
Sep 21, 20225 min read
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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Sep 19, 202215 min read
VIKING WOMEN: THE ORIGINS OF THEY TREMENDOUS POWER
Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic...
Livros Vikings
Sep 9, 20222 min read
SCOTS ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIGGING FOR TWO VIKING BOAT BURIAL SITES ON ISLE OF MULLL
Scots archaeologists will start digging where two possible Viking boat burial sites are thought to be hidden on the Isle of Mull...
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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 22, 20223 min read
A 1,500-YEAR-OLD PRE-VIKING ARROW AND A VIKING ARROW ARE FOUND IN NORWAY
Norwegian explorers have found two arrows, after it was left exposed by melting ice...
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Aug 10, 20222 min read
DONE! HEREFORDSHIRE VIKING HOARD TO 'COME HOME' AFTER FUNDRAISER
A hoard of Viking treasure has been bought by a council's museum service...
Livros Vikings
Aug 8, 20222 min read
A VIKING'S PENDANT IS FOUND NEAR KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND
A St Edmund memorial penny worn by a Viking to "advertise his Christianity" has been found by a metal detectorist...
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
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 6, 20222 min read
GREENLANDICS FROM VIKING AGES TRADED WALRUS IVORY WITH UKRAINE
Historians have long believed that walrus ivory traded throughout Ukraine and Russia during the Middle Ages came from the Barents Sea...
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...
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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 16, 20222 min read
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDEN
Archaeologists excavating at Birka on the island of Björkö, Sweden, have discovered a Viking Age shipyard....
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 6, 20222 min read
A NEW MAN-MADE VIKING-ERA CAVE DISCOVERED IN ICELAND
Excavations of a Viking-era site in Iceland has revealed a previously unknown man-made cave....
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
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 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 28, 20223 min read
£776,250 FUNDRAISER LAUNCHED TO BRING VIKING EARLY MEDIEVAL TREASURE BACK HOME
A campaign has been launched to raise £776,250 to bring a history-changing Viking hoard that was discovered in a field near the south Shr...
Livros Vikings
Mar 24, 20223 min read
A VIKING SETTLEMENT MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED. NOW, WE HAVE AN ANSWER
Scientists pinpoint drought as a likely cause for the abandonment of Greenland's Norse communities...
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...
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