Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Destruction of historical and archaeological sites happens much too often. This time a huge Viking burial complex in Norway has become the victim
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – In a careful interdisciplinary study of rare shields finds, researchers are finally able to reveal the last piece of the puzzle of how
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – How many more stunning unknown runestones could still be scattered across Sweden? We cannot answer that question, but we can say with certainty
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A fascinating DNA study of more than 400 Viking skeletons has just re-written history. Today we know with certainty some Vikings were not
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Found in the 1950s by workmen digging pipe trenches in Chapel Yard, Yarm, near the River Tees, in the UK, this ancient helmet seems
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – There are not many Viking ship burials in Sweden, or anywhere else for that matter. Viking ship burials are rare finds and whenever
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vikings were masters of the oceans. They traveled far and reached new lands because their longships were fast and could sail in shallow
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – The investigation of the giant Gjellestad Viking ship burial continues. When scientists examined remnants of the mound that surrounds the ship, they discovered
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Viking Age history will know the Vikings were excellent craftsmen and merchants who established successful relationships and
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Völva was a mighty female shaman and seer in Norse mythology. She held an important place in ancient Viking society, and her powers
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Vikings lived in large families that included parents, children, and grandparents. When the eldest son took over the estate, he became head
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Hundreds of rare and well-preserved artifacts have been revealed by the retreating mountain glaciers in the region of Lendbreen in Innlandet County, Norway. Archaeologists
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Modern technology gives us a superb opportunity to look through the eyes of the ancient people. Virtual tours, like this one, can take
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – One of the most famous runestones, the Rök stone reveals Vikings feared climate change. Located in Östergötland County, Sweden, the – Rök Stone (in
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The ancient Viking hoard was a national treasure and should have belonged to the public, but it was stolen by greedy metal detectorists
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A high-resolution georadar has detected traces of a ship burial and a settlement that probably dates to the Viking Period at Edøy in
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two people died roughly 100 years apart. Nevertheless, they were buried together – in boats. In the second half of the 9th century,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Vikings were feared, hated and admired and their rich history goes far back in time. Vikings changed the history of Europe and
MessageToEagle.com – We know that ancient civilizations burned or buried their dead. That was common practice in ancient times and the same applies today. What might sound unusual at
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Icelandic Viking warriors known as ‘berserkers’ (in Old Norse: ‘berserkr’) were feared by enemies and even their battle companions. These warriors – half-naked and
MessageToEagle.com – Last year, archaeologists discovered the original shrine belonging to Viking King Olaf Haraldsson who was declared a saint in 1031. St. Olaf, as he is now known,
MessageToEagle.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
MessageToEagle.com – Die as a true and brave warrior and you will go to Valhalla, the kingdom of the great Norse god Odin. That was the ultimate goal of
MessageToEagle.com – Famous as the Lords of the Ocean, the Vikings had their homeland in the Nordic regions of Europe known today as Scandinavia. Many associate Vikings with
