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Livros Vikings
Aug 6, 20212 min read
THE VIKING RUNESTONE FROM EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
Moved around Edinburgh, it now sits in its permanent home in George Square outside the Scandinavian Studies department...


Livros Vikings
Jul 20, 20212 min read
SILVER, THE CRYPTOCURRENCY FROM VIKING AGE
More than a millennium before Satoshi Nakamoto invented bitcoin, Vikings and other ancient peoples were employing an early form of crypto...


Livros Vikings
Jun 21, 20212 min read
VIKING CAMP TO EDUCATE ABOUT AN IMPORTANT PERIOD IN HISTORY
A Wyre Forest arboretum was transported back to the ninth century as the Vikings set up camp...


Livros Vikings
Jun 17, 20215 min read
THE VIKING LONGSHIP: AN ENGINEERING MARVEL OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
The favored war ships of Norsemen were fast and adaptable to various conditions....


Livros Vikings
Jun 4, 20216 min read
5 KEY VIKING DISCOVERIES IN BRITAIN
There is so much more to understand about the Vikings than violence and pillaging – as these discoveries and research projects from aroun...


Livros Vikings
May 25, 20211 min read
“THE VIKINGS BEGIN” EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES TO OPEN MAY 29
Rare Scandinavian artifacts will be the focal point of the new exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies, opening on Saturday, May 29...


Livros Vikings
May 25, 20212 min read
VIKING NAMES AND BUILDINGS THAT STILL REMAIN IN PICTURESQUE VILLAGE
Churchtown Village in Southport dates back to the Vikings, with names and buildings from this period that still exist today...


Livros Vikings
May 19, 20212 min read
STOLEN VIKING TREASURE DISCOVERED BYMETAL DETECTORIST IN WORCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND
Stolen treasure worth £5,000 and thought lost forever by their owner has been discovered by an amateur metal detectorist in a county fiel...


Livros Vikings
May 17, 20213 min read
WHY THE ENGLISH COULD UNDERSTAND THE VIKINGS?
Prior to 865, the Old English language had been developing gradually, with relatively little outside influence, for about 400 years...


Livros Vikings
May 11, 20212 min read
NEW BOOK DETAILS MICHAEL'S HISTORIC CROSSES
The collection of Viking stone crosses, housed in Michael Parish Church, are the subject of a new guide book....


Livros Vikings
Apr 27, 20213 min read
THE VIKINGS OF GREENLAND
Greenland, or Grœnland in Old Norse, was settled by Norwegian and Icelandic explorers during the 10th century AD, where two major Viking ...


Livros Vikings
Apr 26, 20212 min read
HOW A VIKING LONGSHIP ENDED UP IN MOORHEAD
It involves a guidance counselor, a potato warehouse, and a long trip to Norway...
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