Category: Vikings
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Historian uncovers cases of ransoms paid to Vikings in the 11th century
How much were two women worth in 11th century Iberia? For the Vikings the price was a blanket of wolf skin, a sword, a shirt, three scarves, a cow and some salt.
Archaeologists Drill Tønsberg’s Viking Ancestry
The Norwegian city of Tønsberg, was first mentioned by a contemporary writer was in the year 1130. According to Snorri Sturluson, Tønsberg was founded before the Battle of Hafrsfjord, which, according to Snorri, took place in 871.
Monumental effort to save the threatened Viking treasures of Oseberg
Norwegian conservators are conducting tests at HZB to halt the degradation of one of the most important cultural assets from the Viking Age
Viking-era ‘piggy bank’ yields silver treasure
A bronze, Viking-era “piggy-bank” containing thousands silver coins dating from the 11th century has been unearthed on the Baltic island of Gotland in what Swedish archaeologists have described as a “fantastic” treasure find.
Skeletons found in Oxford could be ’10th-century Viking raiders’
Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John’s College may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford researchers studying the remains.
The Viking journey of mice and men
New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology has used evolutionary techniques on modern day and ancestral mouse mitochondrial DNA to show that the timeline of mouse colonization matches that of Viking invasion.
Viking descendants set sail on hunt for ancestors
Descendants of Vikings who were in North America a millennium ago will set sail on Lake Winnipeg this year for a voyage to Hudson Bay.
