Friday, 22 April 2016

Searching for the Vikings: 3 Sites Possibly Found in Canada

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Another possible Viking site, located at a place called Point Rosee in southern Newfoundland, was discovered using satellite imagery.  ...
Monday, 18 April 2016

'Woman in Blue' sheds light on Iceland’s first settlers

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Iceland’s “woman in blue,” the partial skeleton of a young woman found in 1938 in a grave with Viking-era objects, was a child of some of t...
Monday, 11 April 2016

Viking Treasures seen for the first time in a thousand years

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More than ten centuries after being buried in a field in Galloway, conservators are releasing images that reveal the contents of a pot of ...
Monday, 4 April 2016

Did Alabama space archaeologist just help rewrite history of Vikings in North America?

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Sarah Parcak revealed her plan for a $1 million grant to the world during an impassioned speech on stage at the TED2016 event in Vancou...

A Viking village in Canada, spotted from space

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Space archaeologist Sarah Parcak on the site of a possible Viking settlement on the southern coast of Newfoundland in July 2015. Credit:...

Discovery Could Rewrite History of Vikings in New World

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Archaeologists have unearthed a stone hearth that was used for iron-working, hundreds of miles away from the only other known Viking si...
Friday, 1 April 2016

New evidence of Viking life in America?

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A new discovery has revealed that the Vikings may have travelled hundreds of miles further into North America than previously thought....

New satellite images reveal fresh evidence that Vikings settled in North America

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Credit BBC T he Vikings' claim to be the first Europeans to reach North America will receive a huge boost, with the announcement ...

View From Space Hints at a New Viking Site in North America

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 Douglas Bolender, left, and Sarah H. Parcak, right, looking for evidence of a Viking presence at a remote site, called Point Rosee by ...
Sunday, 20 March 2016

Unique jewellery from the British Isles found in Danish Viking grave

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A Danish Viking burial site contains a buckle that may have come from Ireland or Scotland.  The history of this bronze buckle might sha...

Lost forest language to be taught in Swedish preschool

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Elfdalian, a rare Viking language, is getting a revival after local politicians agreed to build a new preschool in Älvdalen, the small ...

New light shed on life of Sweden's King Erik

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The saint's legend speaks of a king who died a dramatic death in battle outside the church in Uppsala, Sweden, where he had just cele...

After 250 years, ‘lost’ rune stone found at Dane's home

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Experts were able to match the runes to a 1767 drawing.  Photo: Lisbeth Imer, National Museum of Denmark A rune stone likely dating b...

1,100 year-old Denmark crucifix ‘may change history’

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A cross discovered by an amateur Danish archaeologist may "change history" according to an expert, who believes the cross may ...

British Buckle Found in Danish Viking Grave

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A gilt bronze buckle dating to more than 1,000 years ago has been found buried with a woman in a Viking grave in west Denmark. Determin...
Friday, 4 March 2016

Was Viking ruler Rollo Danish or Norwegian?

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Norwegian researches opened a tomb containing the remains of descendants of Viking leader Rollo in Normandy, France on Monday with the ...

Anglo-Saxon 'island' settlement discovered

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The remains of an Anglo-Saxon island have been uncovered in one of the most important archaeological finds in decades.  Anglo-Saxon ...
Sunday, 28 February 2016

No Wool, No Vikings

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Fosen Folk High School students sailing a square-sail-rigged boat in the Trondheim Fjord. Square sails were the norm in Viking days. Ph...

Did the Vikings use crystal 'sunstones' to discover America?

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Vikings may have used the interaction of sunlight with particular types of crystal to create a navigational aid that may even have worke...
Monday, 15 February 2016

Lost in Translation? Ibn Fadlan and the Great Unwashed

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Lost in Translation? Ibn Fadlan and the Great Unwashed 14–15 March 2016  MBI Al Jaber Building, Corpus Christi College, Oxford Ibn ...
Friday, 5 February 2016

From genes to latrines: Vikings and their worms provide clues to emphysema

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In a paper published today in Nature: Scientific Reports a group of researchers led by LSTM have found that the key to an inherited...

Viking 'sunstones' put to the test

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Ancient records tell us that the intrepid Viking seafarers who discovered Iceland, Greenland and eventually North America navigated using...
Thursday, 4 February 2016

Bärenkult und Schamanenzauber

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Bärenkult und Schamanenzauber: Rituale Früher Jäger 5.12.2015 - 28.3.2016 Archäologische Museum Frankfurt  Warum hat man Bären fei...

Bärenkult und Schamanenzauber

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Bärenkult und Schamanenzauber: Rituale Früher Jäger 5.12.2015 - 28.3.2016 Archäologische Museum Frankfurt  Warum hat man Bären fei...
Tuesday, 19 January 2016

English DNA 'one-third' Anglo-Saxon

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This triple burial from Oakington, Cambridgeshire, includes metal and amber grave goods The present-day English owe about a third of the...
Monday, 18 January 2016

EMAS Archaeology Study Tour: Landscape of the Bayeux Tapestry

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Landscape of the Bayeux Tapestry 21 - 28 May 2016 2016 will be the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. The famous Bayeux...
Saturday, 9 January 2016

Scientists find 1,500-year-old pre-Viking settlement beneath new airport site

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When Norway announced plans to expand its Ørland Airport this year, archaeologists got excited. They knew that pre-construction excavati...

Kinder, Gentler Vikings? Not According to Their Slaves

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New clues suggest slaves were vital to the Viking way of life—and argue against attempts to soften the raiders’ brutish reputation. A...
Friday, 18 December 2015

Rare Viking hoard found by detectorist in Oxfordshire

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A rare Viking hoard of arm rings, coins and silver ingots has been unearthed in Oxfordshire. The hoard was buried near Watlington around th...

The Viking Phenomena

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Neil Price, Professor at the Institution for Archaeology at the University in Uppsala has been granted 50 mill SEK (5.4 mill EUR/5,9 Mil...
Monday, 14 December 2015

Viking hoard found in field sheds light on England's origins

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 A trove of Viking jewelry and Saxon coins unearthed by an amateur treasure-hunter in a farmer's field may help rescue an English ki...

Viking hoard discovery reveals little-known king 'airbrushed from history'

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A hoard of Viking coins could change our understanding of English history, after showing how Alfred the Great 'airbrushed' out a r...
Sunday, 15 November 2015

Viking link to the North East of Scotland

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Their exploits are more linked to the Northern Isles and the west coast of Scotland, with monastries raided, islanders murdered and gold an...
Thursday, 12 November 2015

Explore 4,500 British Museum artifacts with Google's help

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The  British Museum  in London holds an array of beautiful and historically significant artifacts including the Rosetta Stone, which hel...
Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Detectorist finds hoard of 5,000 Anglo-Saxon coins

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A hoard of more than Anglo Saxon 5,000 coins have been unearthed, including what may be a unique penny. The discovery, near Lenborough, Buc...
Sunday, 8 November 2015

Viking longhouse discovered in East Iceland

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Archeological excavations have pointed to the discovery of a Viking longhouse from the age of settlement in Iceland in Stöð, Stöðvarfjör...