In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

The Viking Age, spanning roughly from the late 8th century ... Yet, despite their vast influence, the Vikings seemingly disappeared from history as abruptly as they had stormed onto it.

A stunning archaeological discovery in Norway sheds light on the status and influence of women during the Viking Age. The ...

The Viking age, says Price, “is not for the squeamish ... Photograph by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT VIKING SHIP MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Around 750 a band ...

highlighting the rich history of the Viking Age in Scandinavia. Yet, just across the border in Sweden, there’s a treasure trove of Norse history already visible and accessible, offering a ...

Isn’t history great? Oh, you look like you need ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes. There is writing from ...

Tusker Rock, an island in the Bristol Channel just off the coast at Ogmore-by-Sea, took its name from Tuska, a Danish Viking ...

Vikings are one of history’s great cases of false advertising ... Talking about the Viking Age is like saying we live in the Navy SEAL Era. Image All that is true enough, writes Eleanor ...

Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 ... into Christian life in Anglo-Saxon England just before the Viking Age. Jorvik Centre - Explores many aspects of daily life in ...

In Viking Age mass graves in Britain ... analysis method that would provide a sharper lens for fine-scale genetic history. Questions that wouldn't have been possible to answer before are now ...

The researchers examined over 1500 European genomes from people who lived during the first millennium, an eventful period in European history ... of the Iron Age in Scandinavia, which ended about 800 ...