Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Norse legends tell the legendary Ynglings were descendants of the Norse gods and the oldest known Scandinavian King dynasty. In ancient times, they
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Have we misunderstood the contents of the famous epic poem Beowulf? According to one professor who spent eight years studying the poem, Beowulf
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient sacred texts, precious artifacts, archaeological discoveries, myths and legends open a window to the past. Sometimes ancient stories may seem to be fanciful and it
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists continue to analyze the old remains of the Danish medieval warship “Gribshunden” (Griffin-Hound), discovered at the bottom of the sea off the Swedish coast. In 2016, a group
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 – The Ausevik rock art site at Høydalsfjorden, in Sunnfjord, in Western Norway, contains more than 300 rock carvings of different shapes, of which many are dated to
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 – 2016 was a very successful year for archaeologists excavating in Scandinavia. Several remarkable ancient findings were made in the Nordic countries. Some of these ancient discoveries
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 Swedish Rock Art Research Archives has joined forces with the County Administrative Board of Västra Götaland and researchers are now launching a project that will result
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 – In Finland, there are still many unexplored ancient caves that hold many secrets. One of them is called Varggrottan, which means the Wolf Cave in English. When
MessageToEagle.com – On September 9, 999 or 1000, the Battle of Svolder was fought in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and an alliance
MessageToEagle.com – Ribe in Denmark is the first and oldest city in Scandinavia. During the Viking Age, Ribe became a place of great significance. The town provided direct
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – The mysterious Jomsvikings were no ordinary Viking warriors. They were a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood. Each fighter must obey the 11 military rules set by
MessageToEagle.com – It’s well chronicled that wave after wave of Vikings from Scandinavia terrorised western Europe for 250 years from the end of the eighth century AD and wreaked
MessageToEagle.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The board game was played by the Vikings as early as 400
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914), a great Norwegian artist, is known as the “father” of all trolls. His inspiration came from folktales about wild
MessageToEagle.com – New research shows that southern Scandinavia was warm enough for Neanderthals to settle. So why didn’t they? Did Neanderthals ever reach Scandinavia? Scientists have debated this question for
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists begin to uncover secrets of a Viking Age circular fortress discovered a year ago. It’s the first Viking Age fortress found in Denmark for the last
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com –“… Harald who conquered for himself the whole of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian.” – Inscription on the Jelling Stone.
MessageToEagle.com – The Danish town Ribe is the oldest town in Scandinavia. Ribe was an important trading centre in Viking times. The Vikings sailed to the most important
MessageToEagle.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 been found
