#danishvikings

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...

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...

UNESCO LISTS VIKING-ERA WOODEN SAILBOATS ON HERITAGE LIST

In December, the UN’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Herita...

A VIKING BODYGUARD CAN BE AN LINK BETWEEN A 1000 YEARS EGYPTIAN EARRING AND DENMARK

An extremely rare golden piece of jewellery from Egypt has been found in West Jutland, Denmark...

NEW PERSPECTIVES CREATE DOUBTS ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE INVOLVING AN ANCIENT VIKING FUNERAL

Archaeologists were baffled after finding what they believed to be the lost body of an ancient Viking king deep beneath a church...

VIKINGS WERE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THE MULTIRACIAL SOCIETIES OF CONTEMPORARY NORTHERN EUROPE

A number of individuals who were buried as Vikings were found to be of local ancestry, which suggests that being a Viking...

VIKING SHIP BURIALS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY

New detailed surveys of Viking age ship settings in Hjarnø, Denmark have been completed by archaeologists examining the origins and make...

VIKING BOOKS