The unexpected Viking Age origins of a modern technology staple, from the name to the logo. By Logan DeLoye If you’ve ever paired your headphones or connected your smartphone to a speaker, you’re familiar with Bluetooth. While we barely notice it, this behind-the-scenes technology seamlessly connects our devices, freeing us from tangles upon tangles ofContinue reading “Why Do We Call It “Bluetooth”?”
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Did the Vikings reach Maine?
An 11th-century Norse coin found in Maine raises the question of whether the Vikings landed there. By Owen Jarus In 1957, an amateur archaeologist working at a Native American site in Maine discovered a perplexing treasure: a 900-year-old silver Norse coin that dated to the late Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066). The artifact, sometimesContinue reading “Did the Vikings reach Maine?”
This ‘gruesome’ execution pit is raising unsettling questions about the Vikings
The disturbing burial site contained decapitated corpses and body parts stacked on top of each other. Yet what happened there remains a mystery BY TOM HOWARTH Archaeologists excavating a training dig near Cambridge have uncovered a grisly burial pit that may offer rare insight into violence and punishment during the turbulent Viking Age in England.Continue reading “This ‘gruesome’ execution pit is raising unsettling questions about the Vikings”
Archaeologists Found Proof of a Viking City That Was Supposed to Be Mythical
Does this evidence actually point to a long-lost “medieval New York”? BY TIM NEWCOMB This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. The history of Viking life has been largely buried, whether physically or figuratively. But in 2023, a simple construction project to erect a new observation tower in a public park on the Polish islandContinue reading “Archaeologists Found Proof of a Viking City That Was Supposed to Be Mythical”
Archaeology Students Dug Up a Mass Viking Grave—With a Literal Giant Inside
Dated to the ninth century C.E., a time when the Vikings ruled the area, the grave held the remains of at least 10 different young men. BY TIM NEWCOMB Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeology undergraduates from the University of Cambridge were on a training dig when they discovered a groupContinue reading “Archaeology Students Dug Up a Mass Viking Grave—With a Literal Giant Inside”