Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Viking warriors were expected to master a fight with and without weapons to survive or win a battle. A Viking warrior had to be able
MessageToEagle.com – Clash among scientists! There is currently a heated debate in the scientific community. Archaeologists maintain geneticists have totally misunderstood the Viking occupation in England. Geneticists, on
MessageToEagle.com – Some years ago, archaeologists uncovered beautifully preserved, 1,000-year-old Viking boat burial in Scottish Highlands. It is today known as the Ardnamurchan boat burial. Inside a 5m-long grave
MessageToEagle.com – Nearly 40 graves of men, women and children buried at the ancient graveyard, at the Norre Sandegard Vest site, Danish island of Bornholm. The discovery was made
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient Viking funeral traditions and rituals were very complex. The Vikings had no religion but they had customs, practices and beliefs. As in many other ancient civilizations,
MessageToEagle.com – It’s a truly extraordinary discovery. Archaeologists are even slightly shocked. They have found traces of a 1,300-year-old Viking tower. It has long been believed Vikings never constructed
MessageToEagle.com – The mystery of Viking ruler Rollo continues. An ancient sarcophagus Fécamp, Normandy, France has been opened, analysis has been conducted, but the results are startling and not
MessageToEagle.com – A large tomb of the famous Viking chief, Ulv Galiciefarer, may have been discovered in northern Jutland, Denmark. For now, it is perhaps too soon to say
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Erik the Red was a famous Viking who is today remembered for colonizing Greenland and being the father of the great Viking explorer
MessageToEagle.com – Unlikely many other ancient civilizations, Vikings never worshipped cats, but these wonderful animals had a special place in the Viking society. Vikings used to give kittens as
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists in Denmark have made a very rare discovery. In Ågård, an important settlement during the Viking Age, researchers found a buckle depicting Norse God Loki. The
MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever wanted to listen to ancient Scandinavian music? If so, now is your chance. A group of talented musicians from Sweden have recreated ancient Viking
MessageToEagle.com – The original shrine to a Viking-king-turned-saint has been discovered in Norway, archaeologists say. The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) announced Nov. 11 that its researchers
MessageToEagle.com – A large Viking treasure has been discovered in a 3,000-year-old grave in Sweden. The treasure was hidden sometime at the end of the Viking Age and consists
MessageToEagle.com – Lindholm Høje is an Iron Age and Viking Age burial site just North of Aalborg and Nørresundby on the South slope of Voerbjerg Hill facing Limfjorden,
MessageToEagle.com – Scientists specializing in experimental archaeology have studied ancient Viking battle techniques and discovered a completely new fighting style. The results are startling as they show Vikings used
MessageToEagle.com – Historical studies of Icelandic Sagas reveal Vikings had dark humor and joked even during deadly battles. It was a mixture of sarcasm, irony and unusual jokes.
MessageToEagle.com – Vallø Borgring”, a unique circular Viking Age fortress in Denmark is still an unsolved chapter in the Viking history. Archaeologists have for many years excavated at the
MessageToEagle.com – It’s an ancient fact that Vikings were fierce warriors and they did plunder a lot. However, what is not particulary well-known is that even though there was
MessageToEagle.com – Odin was the greatest and most important of all Norse Gods. It’s therefore not surprising that we still come across ancient artifacts depicting Odin. A small
MessageToEagle.com – An important 1,000-year-old Viking rune stone made by Fot runemaster has been discovered in Sweden. The rune stone has been missing for two centuries and was finally
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Erik Haraldsson (885 – 954), nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe, was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler. He is thought to have had short-lived terms as King
MessageToEagle.com – Congratulations to the courageous Draken Harald Hårfagre crew! It’s been a long and hard journey, but the crew of Draken Harald Hårfagre has made it! The world’s
