A 10th-century Viking sword fragment was discovered by a metal detectorist scouring a field in the Netherlands. Further research is being done to find out more about the ancient item.
From the first contact in the 790s, the book traces the political, military, social, cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to Lithuania. The authors show that it is no longer ...
highlighting the rich history of the Viking Age in Scandinavia. Yet, just across the border in Sweden, there’s a treasure trove of Norse history already visible and accessible, offering a ...
Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 ... into Christian life in Anglo-Saxon England just before the Viking Age. Jorvik Centre - Explores many aspects of daily life in ...
Universal History Archive Icelandic Women's brooches, ornamented similarly to that from Viking Age Scandinavia. In ways, this structure filtered through into egalitarian aspects of Viking society.
The Viking age, says Price, “is not for the squeamish ... Photograph by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT VIKING SHIP MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Around 750 a band ...
Isn’t history great? Oh, you look like you need ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes. There is writing from ...
The Viking-age Galloway Hoard - buried about AD 900 ... this hoard challenges popular understandings of this period in world history. "The Hoard reveals the extensive networks of trade and ...