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.
Vikings Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1880, archaeologists discovered a Viking grave in Norway. Scientists examined the burial site, but fear of moisture led to the decision that
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Three huge Viking swords tower over Hafrsfjord just outside Stavanger, Norway. This extraordinary artwork - Sverd I Fjell (Swords in Rock) was created
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - The Vikings used a Runic calendar often written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The year was divided into moon phases and the calendar reflected
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeological discoveries reveal the Vikings filed their teeth for unknown reasons. Teeth filing was a very painful process. What is most intriguing is
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News
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Medieval Norse-Icelandic sagas are filled with tales of mead-drinking Norse Gods and beautiful Valkyries serving refreshments to fallen warriors in Valhalla. Valhalla -
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Artifacts
AncientPages.com - In 1985, while walking along the long sandy shore at Scar on the north-western coast of the island of Sanday, a local farmer, the late John
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Runes played an essential part in the lives of the Vikings. Unfortunately, there are few remains of runic writing on paper from the Viking
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Astonishing Norse jewelry discovered in hoards and burial sites reveals Vikings were highly skilled craftsmen. Viking jewelry was beautifully made, and it's still
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On the beautiful Isle of Lewis in Scotland, many mysterious figures that today are known as the Uig Chessmen were discovered over 180
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, the Valkyries were the choosers of the slain. The Valkyries were females riding on horses armed with helmets and spears. They
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located
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Vikings
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Harald Bluetooth was the younger son of Gorm the Old and Queen Thyra. His father, also called Gorm the Languid, was the first
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Over one thousand years ago, in open, hand-built wooden ships equipped with massive, hand-loomed sails, the Vikings navigated the extremely challenging waters of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Elfdalian (in Swedish: Älvdalska) is a very ancient relative of Swedish (maybe even more 'Swedish' than it is spoken today). Some call it
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Ancient Symbols
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A tiny dragon's head, one of the most famous symbols of the Vikings, has been discovered during excavations in the harbour at Birka in
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - At first sight, the Birka Ring, an ancient Viking artifact resembles just an old ring. However a closer examination of the ring revealed a surprising discovery, an
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The word "berserk" is used to describe the behavior of a person who was acting irrationally in a state of great agitation, unable
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Beneath the modern streets of Dublin, Ireland, archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery uncovering the largest known Viking burial in Europe, Scandinavia excluded. This incredible discovery includes
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have unearthed an unusual "hammer of Thor" covered with runes. What is so special about this particular find is that it can finally solve the mystery
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The concept of fate dominates Norse mythology, and to the Norse people, fate was a fact of life that could not be avoided
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Several chamber-graves have been unearthed in the hamlet of Hørning near Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. “The artefacts that we’ve already found are exquisite gilded fittings from a
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News
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -Why did the Vikings create the codes? This long unanswered puzzle has long baffled linguists and historians. About 80 inscriptions with different rune codes have
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did Vikings possess superior ancient technology ahead of their time? Can archaeologists solve the puzzle of this old Scandinavian mystery? Whose name is
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