The Norse ravaged much of Europe for centuries. They were also cosmopolitan explorers who followed trade winds into the Far East. by Neil Price In the middle of the 9th century, in an office somewhere in the Jibāl region of what is now western Iran, a man is dictating to a scribe. It is theContinue reading “Vikings on the Silk Roads”
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Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail
By Kristina Killgrove T he naturalistic female figure was discovered by metal detectorists in the Danish village of Hårby in 2012 and is currently on display at the National Museum of Denmark. The tiny female figurine is just 1.3 inches (3.4 centimeters) tall and weighs 0.4 ounces (13.4 grams). Its body is partly hollow, andContinue reading “Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail”
Barklauss
Old Norse Words here.
Millennium-old monks’ manuscripts return to Ireland for exhibition
Books include religious scriptures and scribbled jokes, giving glimpse of daily lives of early medieval Irish monks By Rory Carroll More than 1,000 years ago, Irish monks took precious manuscripts to the European continent to protect them from Viking raids and to spread Christianity and scholarship – a glow of culture in what would beContinue reading “Millennium-old monks’ manuscripts return to Ireland for exhibition”
Aflan
Old Norse Words here.