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...
Livros Vikings
- Jun 16
- 2 min
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDEN
Archaeologists excavating at Birka on the island of Björkö, Sweden, have discovered a Viking Age shipyard....
Livros Vikings
- May 30
- 3 min
OSLO’S FAMOUS VIKING SHIPS AT RISK AS DEMANDS BUDGET CUTS
Ten years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...
Livros Vikings
- Apr 12
- 1 min
A NEW VIKING SHIP WAS DISCOVERED IN NORWAY
The survey has now revealed a boat grave in addition to several burial mounds. The boat measures between 8 to 9 metres and was placed in....
Livros Vikings
- Feb 2
- 2 min
NORTHAMPTON DEBUT FOR VIKING EXHIBITION WITH REPLICA LONGBOAT
Valhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...
Livros Vikings
- Jan 25
- 3 min
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...
Livros Vikings
- Dec 29, 2021
- 4 min
TRAVEL ROUTES AND LANDING PLACES OF VIKINGS IN SCOTLAND TO BE MAPPED LIKE NEVER BEFORE
The harbours, landing places and travel routes used by Vikings in Scotland are to be investigated in a major new research project...
Livros Vikings
- Jun 17, 2021
- 5 min
THE VIKING LONGSHIP: AN ENGINEERING MARVEL OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
The favored war ships of Norsemen were fast and adaptable to various conditions....
Livros Vikings
- May 20, 2021
- 3 min
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...
Livros Vikings
- Apr 26, 2021
- 2 min
HOW A VIKING LONGSHIP ENDED UP IN MOORHEAD
It involves a guidance counselor, a potato warehouse, and a long trip to Norway...