Livros Vikings2 days ago8 minIN JUNE OF 793AD, THE VIKINGS ATTACKED LINDISFARNE, KNOW HOW IT WASOne such day was the 8 June, 793. That was the day the Vikings attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...
Livros Vikings5 days ago2 minGOVERNMENT 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...
Livros VikingsJun 172 minA 1,200-YEAR-OLD RUNESTONE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A KITCHEN RENOVATIONMosekærstenen is the 44th runestone found in the area around Randers, and the National Museum must now appraise the stone to determine ho...
Livros VikingsJun 18 minSOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST SPECTACULAR VIKING ARTEFACTSThe vikings were influenced by cultures before and informed those after, finding an artefact that genuinely adds to the picture of the Vi...
Livros VikingsMay 303 minOSLO’S FAMOUS VIKING SHIPS AT RISK AS DEMANDS BUDGET CUTSTen years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...
Livros VikingsMay 165 minTHE LESSER-KNOWN VIKING CRUSADEThe first European king to set sail for the Holy land was from Norway, Sigurd I, in the summer of 1110 a.C....
Livros VikingsApr 1910 minTHE REAL-HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS VIKING SIEGES OF PARISNinth-century France proved very lucrative for the Vikings. It was a land marred by civil war and bad harvests, and the Norsemen took adv...
Livros VikingsApr 153 min3 FIERCE FEMALE VIKING WARRIORS THAT YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO MESS WITHThere had been debates among historians on whether real female Viking warriors who fought, raided, and ransacked just as fiercely as men...
Livros VikingsApr 84 minTHE PERFECTLY PRESERVED VIKING WEAVER’S SWORDThe Weaver’s Sword is a Viking artefact, believed to date to the late 11th century...
Livros VikingsMar 283 min£776,250 FUNDRAISER LAUNCHED TO BRING VIKING EARLY MEDIEVAL TREASURE BACK HOMEA campaign has been launched to raise £776,250 to bring a history-changing Viking hoard that was discovered in a field near the south Shr...
Livros VikingsMar 235 minTHE VARANGIAN GUARD, THE VIKINGS WHO SERVED AS THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR’S PERSONAL ARMYDurante séculos, os vikings viajaram de toda a Escandinávia para se juntar à elite da Guarda Varangiana que protegia o imperador romano o...
Livros VikingsMar 206 minWHAT THE LAST VIKING RAID ON WALES CAN TELL US ABOUT THEIR MEDIEVAL HISTORYOn 28th October, 1209, the inhabitants of the Welsh borough of Llanfaes at the mouth of the Menai Strait would have seen six longships...
Livros VikingsMar 181 minDEN NORSKE LANDSLOVAntes e depois da Era Viking (Século IX ao XI) os nórdicos sempre tiveram a sua reputação guerreira como símbolos de força, disciplina...
Livros VikingsMar 152 minVIKING ARTEFACTS FOUND IN BEBINGTON COULD LEAD TO ANSWERS ABOUT HISTORIC EVENTSViking artefacts were found in Bebington, Merseyside which will be examined to uncover new insights into where they came from...
Livros VikingsMar 134 minVIKING WARRIORS WERE ACTUALLY OBSESSED WITH PERSONAL HYGIENE?The Vikings took great care of their personal hygiene and the English men found this odd and repulsive.Contrary, the English (as ...
Livros VikingsMar 115 minTHE HISTORY OF THE VIKINGS IN THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLANDAn app developed by academics at the University of Liverpool aims to change that, and to reveal how important Lancashire and Lakeland were..
Livros VikingsFeb 242 minNEW STUDY SHOWS VIKING BATTLE TOOK PLACE IN BEBINGTONScientists from the University of Nottingham are examining the chemical fingerprint of iron weapons from the Viking age which was used du...
Livros VikingsFeb 182 minSCIENTISTS ARE SEARCHING FOR A TOWN SWALLOWED UP BY THE SEA 600 YEARS AGORavenser Odd, on the East Yorkshire coast, was one of many settlements lost to coastal erosion...
Livros VikingsFeb 22 minNORTHAMPTON DEBUT FOR VIKING EXHIBITION WITH REPLICA LONGBOATValhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...
Livros VikingsJan 253 minUNESCO LISTS VIKING-ERA WOODEN SAILBOATS ON HERITAGE LISTIn December, the UN’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Herita...
Livros VikingsJan 193 minSTUNNING GALLOWAY HOARD CROSS 'WORN SHORTLY BEFORE IT WAS BURIED' 1,100 YEARS AGOUma grande cruz de prata e ouro da era viking encontrada em Galloway, Escócia, pode ter sido usada por uma figura de elite, como um bispo...
Livros VikingsJan 43 minSILVER AND SWORDS: NEW LIGHT CAST ON THE ISLE OF MAN'S VIKING ERAVikings are thought to have arrived on the Isle of Man in the early 800s, first trading and then settling on the island...
Livros VikingsDec 29, 20214 minTRAVEL ROUTES AND LANDING PLACES OF VIKINGS IN SCOTLAND TO BE MAPPED LIKE NEVER BEFOREThe harbours, landing places and travel routes used by Vikings in Scotland are to be investigated in a major new research project...
Livros VikingsDec 20, 20212 minSCIENTISTS REVEAL VIKING ‘BLOOD EAGLE’ TORTURE RITUAL IS ANATOMICALLY POSSIBLEThe analysis of the sources of the time indicates that this type of ritual would not necessarily be out of the ordinary and clearly shows...