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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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
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 24, 20222 min read
GOVERNMENT 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...
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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...
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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...
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May 16, 20225 min read
THE LESSER-KNOWN VIKING CRUSADE
The first European king to set sail for the Holy land was from Norway, Sigurd I, in the summer of 1110 a.C....
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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
Jan 25, 20223 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...
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Sep 2, 20214 min read
NORWEGIAN FOREST, THE VIKING CAT
They were employed by the Vikings during their expeditions. How would cats help these legendary conquerors, you might ask?...
Livros Vikings
Aug 26, 20214 min read
KNOW THE FAROE ISLANDS, FAMOUS BY THE STRONG VIKING PRESENCE.
The forebears of current inhabitants are the Vikings - specifically the Norsemen who started settling these inhospitable islands around...
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Aug 13, 20214 min read
MELTING ICE REVEAL MORE VIKING SECRETS IN NORWAY
They began to collect countless tools, artifacts and weapons—items that had once been in the possession of Vikings...
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Jul 12, 20215 min read
A VIKING TREASURE FOUND IN POLAND, MAY HAVE BEEN A PAYMENT TO SAVE PARIS FROM RUIN
Could a scavenger hunter’s find be a part of the lost booty once extorted by Vikings to spare Paris from ruin? A full-scale excavation ma...
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Jun 16, 20214 min read
UNIQUE VIKING TEXTILES FOUND IN WOMAN’S GRAVE
To an untrained eye, the artefact looks brown and dull, but it is actually something very special: embroidered wool fabric more than 1000...
Livros Vikings
Jun 14, 20213 min read
ARCHAEOLOGISTS OPEN FROZEN WOODEN BOX FOUND ON VIKING MOUNTAIN PASS
Melting glacial ice along a mountain passageway in Norway has resulted in the discovery of hundreds of ancient artifacts...
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 ...
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