Portals To The Dead And Magical Artifacts — Inside A Viking House
While we know a great deal about the Vikings thanks to books, documentaries, and other sources of information, what do we really know about how...
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The Vikings saved Ireland from a steep 10th century population decline, researchers say
An archaeological team from Queen’s University Belfast has discovered that the Vikings saved Ireland during a steep population decline lasting nearly 300 years in first...
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1,000-year-old Viking drinking hall uncovered in Scotland where Earl Sigurd may have enjoyed ale
Archaeologists in Scotland made a stunning find on the Orkney Island of Rousay earlier this year when they uncovered an ancient Viking drinking hall right...
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Mass grave in Wales may provide evidence of a Dark Ages slave trade by the Vikings
A mysterious mass grave that dates back some 1,600 years was discovered underneath a college in Wales and suggests that during the Dark Ages, Vikings...
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Study of Viking community reveals that half of population were immigrants
Known as the oldest town in Sweden, Sigtuna was a Viking community, but researchers have discovered through DNA testing that half of the population were...
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Scientists say they might have uncovered the rarest of Viking ship graves
Norwegian officials said Sunday that they might have found the burial site of a rare Viking ship using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). Although they did...
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Thanks To Mass Production Of Tar, The Vikings Created A Mighty Navy Conquering Treacherous Seas
The Vikings were Scandinavian explorers and warriors closely linked to the sea that broke into the historical scene around the seventh century and have been...
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65-Foot-Long Viking Ship Discovered Buried Using Ground-Penetrating Radar
Technology has greatly helped archaeologists in discovering treasures of the past that have eluded them in the past. Now, archaeologists believe they have found traces...
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Here’s Everything You Didn’t Know, But Should Know, About The Ancient Vikings
Did you know…? The Vikings traveled to America at least 500 years before Cristopher Columbus. The vast majority of Vikings known to history originated in modern-day...
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Vikings influenced by Islam: Experts find Arabic script invoking ‘Allah’ on 10th century Norse clothing
Researchers have discovered similar Kufic characters in Central Asian tomb mosaic dating back to the same period of history. Kufic, which is the oldest form of Arabic calligraphic...
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Rewriting history: Researchers find evidence that Vikings arrived in America 500 years before Columbus
Researchers have found conclusive evidence that ancient Vikings arrived in America 500 years before Columbus, effectively rewriting our history books. It seems that researchers have...
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Solar Stones: Ancient Vikings used an ancestral GPS-like device to sail to America
Viking sailors roamed and ruled over the North Atlantic for three centuries beginning in the eighth century. A historical mystery is how they were able...
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Evidence points that the Vikings reached America before Columbus
Researchers have found evidence that America was “discovered” by the Vikings, and not by the Genoese sailor Christopher Columbus. That is what at least several archaeologists...