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VIKING GREAT ARMY: ARCHAEOLOGISTS START SEARCH FOR VIKING AGE CAMP

Livros Vikings

Oct 13, 2022
2 min

archeology

VIKING GREAT ARMY: ARCHAEOLOGISTS START SEARCH FOR VIKING AGE CAMP

A dig is taking place in Northumberland with hopes of finding a camp belonging to the Viking Great Army...

HOPES OF UNCOVERING VIKING BOAT BURIALS DASHED IN SCOTLAND

Livros Vikings

Oct 3, 2022
1 min

archeology

HOPES OF UNCOVERING VIKING BOAT BURIALS DASHED IN SCOTLAND

Hopes of uncovering a rare Viking boat burial at a site on the Isle of Mull have been dashed...

MORE FARMERS THAN FIGHTERS: THE VIKING AGE LIFE

Livros Vikings

Sep 21, 2022
5 min

history and curiosities

MORE FARMERS THAN FIGHTERS: THE VIKING AGE LIFE

The vikings left an indelible mark on history, particularly European history, as they raided, looted, pillaged, and conquered...

VIKING WOMEN: THE ORIGINS OF THEY TREMENDOUS POWER

Livros Vikings

Sep 19, 2022
15 min

archeology

VIKING WOMEN: THE ORIGINS OF THEY TREMENDOUS POWER

Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic...

AND AFTER ALL, WHO WERE HÚSKARL AND HÚSKONA DURING THE VIKING AGE?

Livros Vikings

Sep 13, 2022
2 min

history and curiosities

AND AFTER ALL, WHO WERE HÚSKARL AND HÚSKONA DURING THE VIKING AGE?

The “húskarl” (masculine noun, meaning “man of the house")and his wife the "húskona"...

SCOTS ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIGGING FOR TWO VIKING BOAT BURIAL SITES ON ISLE OF MULLL

Livros Vikings

Sep 9, 2022
2 min

archeology

SCOTS ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIGGING FOR TWO VIKING BOAT BURIAL SITES ON ISLE OF MULLL

Scots archaeologists will start digging where two possible Viking boat burial sites are thought to be hidden on the Isle of Mull...

ICELAND’S ANCIENT CAVES REVEAL THE ISLAND’S VIKING EARLY HISTORY

Livros Vikings

Aug 30, 2022
4 min

archeology

ICELAND’S ANCIENT CAVES REVEAL THE ISLAND’S VIKING EARLY HISTORY

Iceland’s early viking settlers built extensive cave systems to survive...

A 1,500-YEAR-OLD PRE-VIKING ARROW AND A VIKING ARROW ARE FOUND IN NORWAY

Livros Vikings

Aug 22, 2022
3 min

archeology

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...

DONE! HEREFORDSHIRE VIKING HOARD TO 'COME HOME' AFTER FUNDRAISER

Livros Vikings

Aug 10, 2022
2 min

history and curiosities

DONE! HEREFORDSHIRE VIKING HOARD TO 'COME HOME' AFTER FUNDRAISER

A hoard of Viking treasure has been bought by a council's museum service...

A VIKING'S PENDANT IS FOUND NEAR KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND

Livros Vikings

Aug 8, 2022
2 min

archeology

A VIKING'S PENDANT IS FOUND NEAR KING'S LYNN, ENGLAND

A St Edmund memorial penny worn by a Viking to "advertise his Christianity" has been found by a metal detectorist...

Livros Vikings

Aug 4, 2022
4 min

history and curiosities

THE VIKING AGE'S DERRYNAFLAN HOARD

One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and...

HIGH-STATUS DANISH VIKINGS WORE EXOTIC BEAVER FURS

Livros Vikings

Jul 28, 2022
2 min

archeology

HIGH-STATUS DANISH VIKINGS WORE EXOTIC BEAVER FURS

Identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item....

Livros Vikings

Jul 14, 2022
5 min

history and curiosities

THE LOST VIKING VILLAGE OF KAUPANG

Kaupang was a harbor town supposedly located within the larger district known in the literature as “Skiringssal”...

VIKING VILLAGE ATTRACTION WAS APPROVED BY ISLE OF MAN

Livros Vikings

Jul 7, 2022
2 min

travel

VIKING VILLAGE ATTRACTION WAS APPROVED BY ISLE OF MAN

The project will provide an interactive experience for visitors to glimpse the island's Norse history...

GREENLANDICS FROM VIKING AGES TRADED WALRUS IVORY WITH UKRAINE

Livros Vikings

Jul 6, 2022
2 min

archeology

GREENLANDICS FROM VIKING AGES TRADED WALRUS IVORY WITH UKRAINE

Historians have long believed that walrus ivory traded throughout Ukraine and Russia during the Middle Ages came from the Barents Sea...

SATELLITE DATA POINTS TO POSSIBLE BURIAL SITE OF ‘BLUETOOTH VIKING KING’

Livros Vikings

Jun 29, 2022
2 min

archeology

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...

IN JUNE OF 793AD, THE VIKINGS ATTACKED LINDISFARNE, KNOW HOW IT WAS

Livros Vikings

Jun 27, 2022
8 min

history and curiosities

IN JUNE OF 793AD, THE VIKINGS ATTACKED LINDISFARNE, KNOW HOW IT WAS

One such day was the 8 June, 793. That was the day the Vikings attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...

GOVERNMENT U-TURN SAVES NEW VIKING AGE MUSEUM, WILL IT BE?

Livros Vikings

Jun 24, 2022
2 min

history and curiosities

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...

A 1,200-YEAR-OLD RUNESTONE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A KITCHEN RENOVATION

Livros Vikings

Jun 17, 2022
2 min

archeology

A 1,200-YEAR-OLD RUNESTONE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A KITCHEN RENOVATION

Mosekærstenen is the 44th runestone found in the area around Randers, and the National Museum must now appraise the stone to determine ho...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDEN

Livros Vikings

Jun 16, 2022
2 min

archeology

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDEN

Archaeologists excavating at Birka on the island of Björkö, Sweden, have discovered a Viking Age shipyard....

SILVER COIN FEATURING FAMOUS VIKING KING UNEARTHED IN HUNGARY

Livros Vikings

Jun 14, 2022
4 min

archeology

SILVER COIN FEATURING FAMOUS VIKING KING UNEARTHED IN HUNGARY

A metal detectorist in Hungary has unearthed a tiny silver coin marked with the name of a famous Viking king that was lost almost 1,000...

PIECES OF AN ORNAMENTAL VIKING AGE SWORD REUNITED BY SPECIALISTS

Livros Vikings

Jun 10, 2022
2 min

archeology

PIECES OF AN ORNAMENTAL VIKING AGE SWORD REUNITED BY SPECIALISTS

Pieces of an ornamental Viking sword have been reunited after 1,200 years apart...

A NEW MAN-MADE VIKING-ERA CAVE DISCOVERED IN ICELAND

Livros Vikings

Jun 6, 2022
2 min

archeology

A NEW MAN-MADE VIKING-ERA CAVE DISCOVERED IN ICELAND

Excavations of a Viking-era site in Iceland has revealed a previously unknown man-made cave....

SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SPECTACULAR VIKING ARTEFACTS

Livros Vikings

Jun 1, 2022
8 min

history and curiosities

SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SPECTACULAR VIKING ARTEFACTS

The vikings were influenced by cultures before and informed those after, finding an artefact that genuinely adds to the picture of the Vi...

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