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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...
Paulo Marsal
Oct 13, 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...
Paulo Marsal
Jun 17, 20222 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...
Paulo Marsal
Jan 25, 20223 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...
Paulo Marsal
Dec 8, 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...
Paulo Marsal
Aug 24, 20212 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...
Paulo Marsal
Jul 8, 20215 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...
Paulo Marsal
May 20, 20213 min read
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