THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ÓÐINN
Óðinn is the sovereign of the Æsir, the ruler of Ásgarðr, and to whom all the Regin abide by. In Snorra Edda it is described that Óðinn...
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Livros Vikings
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
ARCHEOLOGISTS ARE LOOKING FOR VIKING AND ROMAN OBJECTS IN SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND
A Time Team-style Big Dig is underway in Scarborough where dozens of trenches are being opened up in the Old Town to try and find out abo...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 22, 2021
- 3 min
SECRETS FROM TWO RARE VIKING GRAVES SET TO BE UNLOCKED
The secrets of two elaborate Viking graves discovered in Orkney are set to be unlocked as analysis of the burials gets underway....
Livros Vikings
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
ÞÓRR FIGHTS AGAINST THE FORCES OF IGNORANCE
Þórr, described in the Prose Edda as the most prominent among the Æsir, bears Mjǫllnir (The Crusher) and fights against the forces of ign...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 20, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
ARCHAEOLOGISTS IDENTIFY ANGLO-SAXON CAVE HOUSE NEAR THAN INTENSIVE VIKING ACTIVITY PLACE
A near-complete Anglo-Saxon dwelling and oratory believed to date from the early ninth century has been discovered in Derbyshire...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
VIKING ERA ‘PIGGYBANK’ FOUND IN ISLE OF MAN FIELD
A Viking era "piggybank" of silver coins has been discovered on the Isle of Man by a metal detectorist who made another startling discove...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 14, 2021
- 1 min
LOKI IS A SHAPESHIFTER
Unlike other physical or astral creatures, there are many shapeshifters amongst the Jötnar. Loki was once a mare, a salmon and an eagle...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 12, 2021
- 5 min
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...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 8, 2021
- 5 min
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...
Livros Vikings
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
‘HUGELY SIGNIFICANT’ DISCOVERIES MADE ON FINAL DAY OF EXCAVATION TO FIND SHETLAND’S VIKING CAPITAL
Archaeological discoveries are getting closer to revealing the ancient Viking capital of Shetland...
Livros Vikings
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 5 min
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 16, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Jun 4, 2021
- 6 min
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 28, 2021
- 3 min
SECRETS OF VIKING-AGE HOARD REVEALED AS IT GOES ON PUBLIC DISPLAY
The 10th-century hoard of more than 100 objects, including gold, silver, jewellery, a rare Anglo-Saxon cross and textiles, was found in...
Livros Vikings
- May 25, 2021
- 1 min
“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, 2021
- 2 min
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 21, 2021
- 2 min
SCALLOWAY, THE LOST VIKING CAPITAL OF SHETLAND, DIG GETS UNDER WAY
The slightly delayed archaeological dig, that could uncover the lost Viking capital of Shetland, got under way this morning as volunteers...
Livros Vikings
- May 21, 2021
- 5 min
RUNIC LETTERS SCRATCHED INTO 7TH CENTURY COW BONE COULD CHANGE HISTORY
Durante uma escavação perto do pequeno vilarejo de Lány, na República Tcheca, uma estudante de graduação descobriu uma seção de costela...
Livros Vikings
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
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...
Livros Vikings
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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