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Showing posts with label Norsemen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norsemen. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

What Vikings really put in their pillows

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Medievalists Miniscule barbules, the smallest branches of a feather, are examined under a microscope to identify the kind of bird. Here...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Objects with Viking Rune Inscriptions Unearthed in Denmark’s Oldest Town

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Ancient Origins Ancient objects with rare Viking rune inscriptions have been discovered in Denmark. Experts suggest that the runic insc...
Sunday, December 17, 2017

Did the Viking Age Really Start on 8 June 793 AD?

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Ancient Origins BY THORNEWS  “Never before has such terror appeared in Britain as we have now suffered from a pagan race (…). The hea...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Viking Camp Complete with Ship Building and Weapon Workshops Unearthed in England

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Ancient Origins The craftsmanship and shipbuilding capabilities of the Vikings are often overshadowed by stereotypical images of viole...
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Monday, November 13, 2017

Who Were These Vikings Buried Sitting Upright?

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Ancient Origins BY THORNEWS Accidentally, in 1963 a burial ground with 24 graves deep inside the bay of Sandvika on the eastern side...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

The great Viking terror: how Norse warriors conquered the Anglo-Saxons

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History Extra This detail from the side of a sledge in a ninth-century Viking burial shows two men fighting. In the 860s and 870s, the...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

4 Major Misconceptions About Vikings

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Made From History BY CRAIG BESSELL  There are a lot of misconceptions about Vikings. All fiery rage, horned helmets and relentless pil...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Ivar the Boneless: A Viking Warrior That Drew Strength From His Weakness

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Ancient Origins One would expect "boneless" to describe a man without a lick of bravery. Or perhaps a man without a shred of ...
Friday, May 19, 2017

No One Questions that Vikings Drank; But Did They Make Wine?

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Ancient Origins Further evidence that the Vikings weren’t just beer-swilling, raping, and pillaging savages comes out of Denmark with t...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Vikings Beheaded English King and Patron Saint Edmund, but What Happened to his Body?

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Ancient Origins It’s a 9th century tale involving Vikings, their beheading of a famous English king, and upheaval that led to the buria...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

How England rode the Viking storm

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History Extra Alexander Dreymon plays Uhtred in The Last Kingdom. The drama – based on Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon novels – depicts Anglo-...