When we think of Vikings, images of horned helmets, mighty beards, and fearsome warriors spring to mind. These impressions, ...

Most people associate the Viking Age with raids, plundering, and the famous Norwegian Viking ships. But for farmers to become ...

Isn’t history great? Oh, you look like you need ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes. There is writing from ...

highlighting the rich history of the Viking Age in Scandinavia. Yet, just across the border in Sweden, there’s a treasure trove of Norse history already visible and accessible, offering a ...

More, Kalmring skilfully shows this was part of a larger European history, in which archaeological evidence brings to life the essential background to Viking piracy and colonisation. It is a tour de ...

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100, was the age of the sleek, speedy longship. Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in ...

The Viking-age Galloway Hoard - buried about AD 900 ... this hoard challenges popular understandings of this period in world history. "The Hoard reveals the extensive networks of trade and ...

“It also suggests that dentistry in the Viking Age was probably more sophisticated than previously thought.” Preserved teeth that reach even farther back in time reveal dental practices ...

Ongoing research into the Galloway Viking-age hoard - unearthed in a south of ... new insights into its history keep emerging. The public is now getting a chance to see the story so far as it ...

Arn Kind places a wig on audience volunteer Don Kaplan as part of his interactive history lecture on the Viking Age. Nearly every week, you can find Kind making history entertaining and ...