Possible Viking Vessel Identified in Canada The ancient site, called Nanook, was first discovered in the 1960s by Dr. Moreau Maxwell of Michigan State University. Dr. Maxwell identified it as a Dorset Paleo-Eskimo site although he noted anomalies in the architectural remains, and obtained a series of radiocarbon dates ranging from 754 BC to 1367 … Continue reading Possible Viking Vessel Identified in Canada
How The Black Death (Sort Of) Killed A Viking Colony And Transformed Europe Throughout much of the European Middle Ages, the Norse were compulsive travelers. These groups of people (who we often call “Vikings”) traded, raided and pillaged throughout Europe, settled in Constantinople and fought with and against the Byzantines, encountered Arab traders from Baghdad in modern Russia, and … Continue reading How The Black Death (Sort Of) Killed A Viking Colony And Transformed Europe
Blood Eagle: The Viking Torture Method So Grisly Some Historians Don’t Believe It Actually Happened The Vikings didn’t come into towns walking on moonbeams and rainbows. If their sagas are to be believed, the Vikings cruelly tortured their enemies in the name of their god Odin as they conquered territory. If the suggestion of a blood eagle … Continue reading The horrendous Viking torture that is the Blood Eagle
1,000-year-old Viking toilet uncovered in Denmark Did you ever wonder where the Vikings went for Toilet? Or perhaps you didn’t really think about it. We don’t always think about how it used to be with the world’s luxury today, especially a thousand years ago. A 1000-year-old toilet dating back to the Viking age was found … Continue reading 1,000-year-old Viking toilet uncovered in Denmark
Archaeologists uncover ancient Viking camp from the 870s in the village of Repton Archeologists uncovered a Viking camp dating back to the 870s in the small village of Repton in Derbyshire. The new discoveries were located at a campsite in the village, which has been known about since the 1970s. To reveal evidence for workshops … Continue reading Archaeologists uncover ancient Viking camp from the 870s in village of Repton
New archaeological findings show that Vikings “imported” from the Celts Archeologists expected beer or other brewing materials to be found, but they found something more valuable. It was supposed to be a simple, routine expansion work at Byneset Cemetery, adjacent to the medieval Steine Church in Trondheim, Norway. As in several other European countries, Norwegian law … Continue reading Viking imported finds discovered in cemetery works
Brutal Pre-Viking Massacre Uncovered in Sweden On the south-eastern island of Oland, Swedish archeologists found evidence of a massacre of the 5th century. The team writes about the 1,500-year-old attack on Sandby borg in a paper published in the journal Antiquity. Dozens of corpses have been found in the walled fort, their bodies left to … Continue reading Brutal Pre-Viking Massacre Uncovered in Sweden
Viking Chess Pieces May Reveal Early Whale Hunts in Northern Europe In central and eastern Sweden from 550 to 793 CE, just before the Viking Age, members of the Vendel culture were known for their fondness for boat burials, their wars, and their deep abiding love of hnefatafl. Also known as Viking chess, hnefatafl is a board game … Continue reading Playing Viking Chess with Whale Bones
