Viking Archive

Silver Offers Evidence Viking Age Started Much Earlier Than Previously Thought – Archaeologist Says

AncientPages.com | November 7, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vikings, traditionally depicted as primitive bearded warriors, had a fondness for some of life's precious things. In Europe, hundreds of buried hoards of

Archaeology

Huge Viking Winter Camp Unearthed In England

AncientPages.com | May 19, 2017

AncientPages.com - A huge Viking winter camp has been unearthed in Lincolnshire, England by archaeologists at the Universities of Sheffield and York. Thousands of Vikings established the site in

Beautiful, gilded fitting. Image credit: Museum of Skanderborg

Archaeology

Viking Treasures Discovered In Chamber Grave In Denmark

AncientPages.com | April 4, 2017

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

Ancient History Facts

What Was The Danelaw?

AncientPages.com | June 4, 2016

AncientPages.com - In 865 a Great Viking Army left Scandinavia to conquer England. The Great Viking Army (sometimes referred to as the Great Danish Army), known by the Anglo-Saxons

Experts believe the hoard was buried around the end of the 870s, in the period following Alfred’s decisive defeat of the Vikings at Edington in 878, a victory which lead to the unification of England. © PAS

Archaeology

Watlington Viking Hoard May Re-Write History Of England

AncientPages.com | December 11, 2015

AncientPages.com - British Museum presents a Viking Hoard dating from the time of the ‘Last Kingdom’, when the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex were fighting for their survival against