THE HISTORY OF THE VIKING SKULLCRUSHER – SWEYN ASLIEFSSON
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Egil’s Saga describes him as a sea king who wintered in Gairsay along with his retinue of eighty men...
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![GALLOWAY HOARD, A VIKING TREASURE UNLOCKED FOR THE PUBLIC](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_b07d58f3b9ea433faeea3b2dbd17a86a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_b07d58f3b9ea433faeea3b2dbd17a86a~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- May 14, 2021
- 3 min
GALLOWAY HOARD, A VIKING TREASURE UNLOCKED FOR THE PUBLIC
The country’s finest collection of Viking treasure will finally go on show later this month in what has been hailed as a “hugely importa...
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![ANCIENT FINDING ADDS AN UNEXPECTED TWIST TO THE VIKING AFTERLIFE MYTH](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_b0ac762700c7453c8d847bc85a0d2574~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_b0ac762700c7453c8d847bc85a0d2574~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- May 11, 2021
- 3 min
ANCIENT FINDING ADDS AN UNEXPECTED TWIST TO THE VIKING AFTERLIFE MYTH
Vikings are renowned the world over for their brutal conquering and rough, nomadic lifestyle, but new research has revealed a softer side...
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![NEW BOOK DETAILS MICHAEL'S HISTORIC CROSSES](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_74fe414b05274f9b944bb0be33f090d0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_74fe414b05274f9b944bb0be33f090d0~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- May 11, 2021
- 2 min
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....
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![THE BRAZILIAN VIKING VILLAGE REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER LONG STOP PERIOD](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_bc745dbf5844493e94397e3480520bb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_bc745dbf5844493e94397e3480520bb5~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
THE BRAZILIAN VIKING VILLAGE REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER LONG STOP PERIOD
From June 5th the Viking Village Brazil (Vila Viking Brasil) — at Juquitiba-SP — will back to their activities and also will be open to...
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Livros Vikings
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
UNEARTHED REMAINS HINT AT VIKING VILLAGE
Archaeological remains that could shed more light on a Teesdale village’s origins as a Viking settlement have been unearthed at a buildin...
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![VIKING REMAINS LOST FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED IN A MUSEUM](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_778f494a342a46f68a0a8bf9d8572585~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_778f494a342a46f68a0a8bf9d8572585~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
VIKING REMAINS LOST FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED IN A MUSEUM
The remains of a Viking have been rediscovered after being missing for more than a century. They were safely stored in a museum the whole...
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![SITE WHERE ANGLO SAXON WARRIORS FACED THE VIKING-LED ALLIANCE WAS FOUND](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_5c15f32b394f476588dee58924fe916a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_5c15f32b394f476588dee58924fe916a~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- May 3, 2021
- 2 min
SITE WHERE ANGLO SAXON WARRIORS FACED THE VIKING-LED ALLIANCE WAS FOUND
A bloody Anglo Saxon conflict believed to have taken place in Liverpool which forged modern England is seen by historians as one of the m...
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![THE STORY OF VIKING INVASION AND ANCIENT PENNIES FOUND NEAR ST NEOTS](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_fc84af6131e74362bfd8e44bd99ca371~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_fc84af6131e74362bfd8e44bd99ca371~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
THE STORY OF VIKING INVASION AND ANCIENT PENNIES FOUND NEAR ST NEOTS
In 2019, the St Neots Museum purchased two Anglo-Saxon silver pennies found at Southoe and dating from the reign of Ethelred the Unready ...
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Livros Vikings
- Apr 27, 2021
- 3 min
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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Livros Vikings
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
VIKINGS CARVED A MASSIVE BOAT INTO THIS VOLCANIC CAVE TO WARD OFF THE APOCALYPSE
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of rare artifacts from the Middle East in an Icelandic cave that the Vikings associated with R...
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![HOW A VIKING LONGSHIP ENDED UP IN MOORHEAD](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_9ea05c42452347c8a528ec4b5647b5e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_9ea05c42452347c8a528ec4b5647b5e3~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
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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![VIKING SCHOLARS ‘THRILLED’ BY DISCOVERY OF CELTIC ORNAMENT IN NORWAY](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/060e40_932becd569b24938a2a9d9068dafb046~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_304,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/060e40_932becd569b24938a2a9d9068dafb046~mv2.webp)
Livros Vikings
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
VIKING SCHOLARS ‘THRILLED’ BY DISCOVERY OF CELTIC ORNAMENT IN NORWAY
A leading Viking scholar says she and fellow archaeologists are thrilled with the discovery of what appears to be an ancient Celtic ornam...
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