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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...

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...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDEN

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

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....

THE LESSER-KNOWN VIKING CRUSADE

The first European king to set sail for the Holy land was from Norway, Sigurd I, in the summer of 1110 a.C....

THE VARANGIAN GUARD, THE VIKINGS WHO SERVED AS THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR’S PERSONAL ARMY

Durante séculos, os vikings viajaram de toda a Escandinávia para se juntar à elite da Guarda Varangiana que protegia o imperador romano o...

THE VILA VIKING BRASIL (BRAZILIAN VIKING VILLAGE) IS BACK!

On this last december 4th, Saturday, the Vila Viking Brasil — at Juquitiba, São Paulo — realized an opened visit to general public betwee...

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