Category: History & Archeology

Legendary Viking town unearthed

Legendary Viking town unearthed

The hidden centre of power for the first Danish kings may well have popped up from the soil in Northern Germany. Archaeologists have surprisingly found some 200 houses and piles of weapons.

July 4, 2012 | 1 Comment More
Archaeologists dig up bog army bones in Denmark

Archaeologists dig up bog army bones in Denmark

Danish archaeologists said today they had re-opened a mass grave of scores of slaughtered Iron Age warriors to find new clues about their fate and the bloody practices of Germanic tribes on the edge of the Roman Empire.

July 4, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Oar walking, underwater wrestling and horse fighting – historian examines the sports and games of the Vikings

Oar walking, underwater wrestling and horse fighting – historian examines the sports and games of the Vikings

Playing ball games is an activity played by children around the world. While today’s parents might worry that their sons and daughters might get scrapes and bruises, in the Viking world such a game could end with an axe being driven into an opponent’s head.

July 3, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Viking Remains Excavated in Center of Reykjavík

Viking Remains Excavated in Center of Reykjavík

The site has been earmarked for enlargement of the parliamentary building but first archeologists were given time to excavate remains that might be found there.

June 30, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Archeologists Excavate Remains at Ancient Parliament

Archeologists Excavate Remains at Ancient Parliament

Archeologists will continue to search for remains at the site where Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, was founded in 930 AD, Þingvellir National Park, this summer.

June 30, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Viking Ship Maintenance Too Expensive for Chicago Park District

Viking Ship Maintenance Too Expensive for Chicago Park District

A century-old replica of a Norwegian Viking ship is too expensive for the Chicago Park District to maintain.

June 30, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The road to Thingwall — road signs commemorate Viking past

The road to Thingwall — road signs commemorate Viking past

Viking invaders could soon be able to negotiate the roads of a village in North England with greater ease, thanks to four unique ‘dual-language’ signs

June 28, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Iron Age coins discovered in Jersey after 30-year search

Iron Age coins discovered in Jersey after 30-year search

About 50,000 silver and bronze coins uncovered by men who spent decades exploring one field

June 27, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Cow and woman found in Cambridgeshire Anglo-Saxon dig

Cow and woman found in Cambridgeshire Anglo-Saxon dig

Archaeologists excavating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Cambridgeshire say the discovery of a woman buried with a cow is a “genuinely bizarre” find.

June 26, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Furness Viking treasure appeal reaches £50,000 target

Furness Viking treasure appeal reaches £50,000 target

A museum has raised almost £50,000 to keep a hoard of Viking treasure in Cumbria, where it was found.

June 14, 2012 | 0 Comments More
The European Atrocity You Never Heard About

The European Atrocity You Never Heard About

In the largest episode of forced migration in history, millions of German-speaking civilians were sent to Germany from Czechoslovakia and other European countries after World War II by order of the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union

June 13, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Historic Lewis Chessmen returning to Western Isles

Historic Lewis Chessmen returning to Western Isles

Six Lewis Chessmen are to be displayed long-term at a new museum on the Western Isles, where more than 90 of the historic pieces were found.

June 13, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Monmouth ruin find could pre-date pyramids

Monmouth ruin find could pre-date pyramids

Archaeologists claim to have unearthed the remnants of a large prehistoric building, which they say could be older than Egypt’s pyramids.

June 13, 2012 | 1 Comment More