History

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  Moesgaard Museum: Surprise Viking Graves May Link to Bluetooth

  Moesgaard Museum announced the finding of 30 graves in Lisbjerg and says they may be linked to Harald Bluetooth.

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  Viking Grave Site Holds Boat, Woman and Dog

  A Viking grave site on Senja Island, just beneath the topsoil, holds a boat, woman and dog among its treasures.

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  AI-Powered Viking Woman? A First at Orkney Museum

  AI-Powered Viking Woman, Ragna, at the Orkney Museum is the first for the UK.

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  Viking Woman Who Traveled the World: Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir

  Leif Eriksson and Eirik the Red traveled far, but there was a Viking woman who traveled the world, Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir.

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  The Vikings’ Discovery of Greenland

  The Vikings’ Discovery of Greenland

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  Viking Chess or Hnefatafl

  The rules of Viking chess, or hnefatafl, didn’t survive when the game died out. How did we get the modern version?

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  Great Viking Survey Seeks Worldwide Perceptions of Old Norse

  Part of the Making a Warrior project of the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo, the Great Viking Survey is seeking the attitudes towards and perceptions of…

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  Why Was Birka Abandoned?

  Birka, Sweden’s first town, was abandoned after about 200 years as an important commerce center in the Viking era. Why?

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  Viking Cats: Ships, Farms and Myth

  Vikings took cats onto their ships and farms. Where did these Viking cats come from? Read now to find out more on Viking cats.

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  Asum Viking Graves Offer Unique Look at Viking Life

  Viking graves in Denmark yielded well preserved skeletons that could have a large impact on the current knowledge of the viking age.

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  Viking Age Toy Discovery: Pig, Bear, Dog or…

  A Viking Age Toy Discovery is rare, but what kind of animal is this toy? Get the facts and weigh in with your guess.

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  Boats that Vikings Used: Beyond the Longship

  The boats that Vikings used were varied and specialized. The longship may be iconic, but in this article, we go beyond them.

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  The Founding of Iceland

  The founding of Iceland has some mystery to it. Did the Greeks discover it? Were there Irish monks living there before the Vikings?

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  Ragnar Lothbrok: Shaggy Breeches

  Ragnar Lothbrok is said to be a Viking king, who fathered several famous sons. Was he a real person and why did he have shaggy pants?

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  How to Understand the Vikings: A World View

  To understand the Vikings, we need to understand how they thought and what the world was for them; it was completely different to our world.

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  Viking Axes

  Viking Axes are a part of the mythology of Vikings. Why did they choose axes over swords? There are some theories…