Norway’s Viking Age: A More Violent Society Than Denmark?
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For years, it was widely believed that violence levels in Viking Age societies across Scandinavia were relatively uniform. However, new…
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Man Finds Intact Viking Sword at the Bottom of a River
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In a stroke of astonishing luck mixed with historical revelation, Trevor Penny, a devoted magnet fisherman from Oxfordshire, stumbled upon…
Unearthing the Urnes Brooch: A Glimpse into Viking and Middle Age Fashion
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The captivating Urnes brooches, popular in the late Viking and Middle Age periods, have seen a surge in discoveries in…
Rare Viking Treasures Unearthed Near Fyrkat Fortress
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Metal Detectorists Uncover Two Remarkable Viking Treasures A group of metal detectorists from Nordjysk Detektorforening recently discovered two remarkable Viking…
Norwegian Woman Discovers Valuable Viking Treasure During House Cleanup
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A woman in southern Norway has discovered a valuable Viking treasure. The woman stumbled upon an unexpected treasure of 32…
A 20-Meter Viking Ship Unearthed in Norway
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Ground-Penetrating Radar Unveils a Major Discovery Archaeologists in Norway, employing ground-penetrating radar technology, have unearthed a colossal 20-meter-long Viking ship…
Ragnar Lothbrok: Separating Fact from Fiction in the Legend of the Viking Hero
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The Truth Behind the Mythical Viking Warrior; Who was Ragnar Lothbrok? Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Viking hero, has captivated the…
Viking Warriors Traveled With Their Dogs and Other Pets
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The mighty Vikings sailed west to raid the English countryside in the 9th century AD. But they seemed to have…
Archeologists Excavate 1,200-Year-Old Viking Swords Buried Vertically in a Tomb
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Archeologists have come across a stunning find. Experts have stumbled across two ancient Viking swords in a graveyard just outside…
Vikings – From Pirates to Colonizers of America
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Many people believe that the Vikings were a nationality. On the contrary, they were something like a military alliance that…
10 Fascinating Images Of Mars’ Surface Taken By NASA’s Viking Lander 2
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The Viking program can be considered the first truly effective one in the global space exploration efforts of Mars. The…
5 Serious Misconceptions About Vikings
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Imagine that I ask 5 random people on the street about what the Vikings were like. In my opinion, in…
Were Vikings First to Carry and Spread the Deadly Smallpox Disease?
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Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in history before it was eradicated in the late 70s of the 20th…
Unwritten Mystery: How did the Vikings create the Elite Ulfberht Swords
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In the Middle Ages, the Viking Ulfberht swords were probably considered something of an elite brand. However, their unattainable quality…
Leif Erikson- the Viking who discovered America 500 years before the Spanish?
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Could you imagine what an impact the discovery of America must have had on people back in the 15th century?…
Researchers Find Oldest Viking Settlement In Iceland, Rewriting History
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A group of researchers believes it has discovered what is now considered the oldest known Viking settlement in Iceland, and…
Enigmatic Message Etched on the Most Famous Viking Monument Deciphered
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A new interpretation of the inscription etched on the so-called Rök runestone, the most famous Viking rune monument, deals with…
The Oldest Odin Inscription Dates Back to The 5th Century
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The oldest known inscription of the god Odin has been identified on a bracteate, an ornamental gold medal, from the…
Itá Letra, the Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old South American Petroglyphs
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South America is known for its many incredible ancient civilizations. The oldest pyramids on Earth are believed to have been…
Ancient Egyptians in America: A Coverup or Not?
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In 1909, a surprising newspaper article was published in the United States. On April 5, 1909, the Arizona Gazette published…
Worst Year in History: Top-10 Most Atrocious Periods to Be Alive
After the COVID-19 pandemic and the global market crisis, 2020 has been amongst the most potent candidates for the title…
10 Ancient Inventions You Probably Never Heard Of
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There are numerous mysterious ancient inventions, the discovery of which has left archaeologists and scientists equally dumbfounded. Some point toward…