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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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…
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…
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…
Top 10 Things You Should Definitely do When Visiting Sweden
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“Once the travel bug bites there’s no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the…
8 Magical Places to Visit While Exploring Iceland
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“On Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, always…
TOP 8 Places to Visit in Beautiful Denmark
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“If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that…
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…
The Ancient Chinese May Have Traveled to America Before the Spanish
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What if the ancient Chinese traveled to America before the Spanish? There are many similarities between ancient Mexican cultures and…
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…