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Vikings
Explore the mysterious ancient world of the Vikings. In this section we examine great Viking rulers, Vikings ships and navigation, battles, archaeological discoveries, Viking traditions and culture, mysterious ancient artifacts, powerful Viking symbols and the significance of Norse mythology in relation to ancient Vikings.
You will find here all you need to know about history of ancient Vikings.
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Enigmatic Ales Stenar (in English, Ale’s Stones) are located high on the ridge above the old-fashioned fishing village of Kåseberga near Ystad, Sweden. Ales stones,
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AncientPages.com – Remarkably similar carvings and simple cross sculptures mark special sites or places once sacred, spanning a zone stretching from the Irish and Scottish coasts to Iceland.
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Ledberg Stone (Ledbergsstenen) is considered one of Sweden’s most beautiful Runestones. This landmark is also one of the country’s more familiar runestones due
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new major study captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Glacial archaeologists from Secrets of the Ice continue to uncover more artifacts hidden under the ice. The team found this rare three-bladed arrowhead
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – During the construction of a new house, scientists uncovered a grave with the remains of a shield and a cape buckle. It is
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Denmark report they have made an incredible Viking Age find, the biggest in the recent ten years. A huge Viking hall
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – About 1,000 years ago, legendary King Harald Bluetooth built several impressive Viking fortresses. Today, there is not much left of these once powerful
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Vikings
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Scientists have shown how three vortices can be linked in a way that prevents them from being dismantled. The structure of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 1000-year-old silver hoard containing several beautiful torque-style neck rings, arm rings, and coins has been discovered in Viggbyholm, Täby, outside Stockholm. “This
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – On December 21, 2021, Pawel Bednarski made the discovery of a lifetime using a metal detector. It was actually a bit of a
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It does not happen very often that archeologists find Viking swords. Swords were extremely important to ancient Vikings, but these weapons were expensive
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Historians have believed extensive herring trade started around the year 1200 AD, later controlled by the Hanseatic League. Now, a new study shows
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – To most children finding something unusual and unexpected is a joy, but discovering a precious, rare ancient artifact must be a memory for
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the Late Viking Age, a grave was built that looks very similar to one of the most spectacular graves of the Roman
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Hammer of Thor is frequently mentioned in Norse mythology as a valuable object that belonged to the mighty thunder God Thor. Several
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Using fossilized eggs in up to 2,500-year-old feces from Viking settlements in Denmark and other countries, researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Department
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One never knows what can be hidden in the ground of one’s backyard. That’s what a man in Norway realized after noticing two
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Sweden have every reason to be excited after learning a mountain climber came across an extraordinary 1,200-year-old brooch. Based on recent
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the year 865 A.D., the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Great Viking Army, crossed the sea and dramatically changed the
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Artifacts
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists at the Museum of Archaeology in Stavanger could hardly believe their eyes when dress accessories typical of a Viking Age woman was
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Ingvar Vittfarne (in English: Ingvar the Far-Travelled) (ca. 1016-1041) was a Viking chieftain from Mälardalen (Malar Valley) in central Sweden. The Icelandic saga
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The sword was found in three pieces by two metal detector enthusiasts, independent of each other, in the Jåttå/Gausel area in Stavanger, already
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have tried to find the burial site of legendary Viking King Harald Bluetooth for decades. Using satellite remote sensing tools, researchers say
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A metal detector has discovered an ancient coin depicting mighty Viking King Harald Hardrada. The 1,000-year-old coin was found in southern Hungary. The
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Ivar the Boneless has gone into the history books as one of the most powerful Vikings ever lived. Not only was he one
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Scientists have located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren. The discovery challenges previous theories about how
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