The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: women
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.
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Viking-age hoard found in Scotland a decade ago had indecipherable runes — until now
The pieces dated to around 900 A.D. or the Viking Age. The hoard “was buried in four distinct parcels” that kept the contents inside incredibly well preserved, according to a Feb. 7 news ...
A Passerby Went for a Casual Stroll—and Stumbled Upon a 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifact
A passerby discovered a rare Viking-era iron bracelet in a wetland on the Swedish island of Öland. The open-ended bracelet ...
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Viking Dig Reports
Two wounds in the skull were probably made by a spear, and marks on the spine suggest ... before the traditional beginning of the Viking Age. More evidence for early contact between the Vikings ...
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Archaeologists Say They’ve Unearthed Britain’s Largest Known Viking-Age Building Beneath a Family Farm
Under these conditions, the preservation of any Viking-Age structures is rare. “It’s crazy what they’ve found in such a small space when you think about it,” Irene told the News & Star.