When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...
Explore an abandoned hobbit house in Iceland, built in the traditional Viking-age turf style! This unique and enchanting ...
Árni Magnússon was particularly interested in texts about Icelandic history. He scoured the market, almost draining Iceland of medieval ... an interest in the Viking Age and saga literature ...
It was also the first summer that snow drifts melted back enough to expose the wall in the main part of the tunnel, which proved to be the largest known Viking Age stone structure in Iceland.
Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone ... had revealed 1,000 years of Icelandic history. In 2022, south of the previous site, the ...
This interactive museum delves into the history of Iceland, from the Viking age to present day. To tell this story, the museum displays about 2,000 artifacts, in addition to 1,000 photographs.
Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100 ... which facilitated far-flung trade networks and the colonization of Iceland, Greenland, and America. The knarr drew on similar design principles ...
She said: "These type of brooches have really been a bit of a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle for Viking age history and archaeology in the Isle of Man. "When there's been a map of the Viking ...