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Clash of cultures: exhibition tells story of when Vikings ruled the north of England

Viking North at Yorkshire Museum features UK’s largest exhibition of Viking-age artefacts, including era’s ‘cheap’ jewellery and evidence of slave-owning By Robyn Vinter  When Anglo-Saxons buried their jewellery in an attempt to keep it safe from marauding Vikings, it is unlikely they envisaged their treasures would be dug up a millennium later and studied byContinue reading “Clash of cultures: exhibition tells story of when Vikings ruled the north of England”

1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor’s hammer

By Laura Geggel  A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed an Early Middle Ages hoard that contains 200 artifacts, including a pendant that may be a cross or an unfinished Thor’s hammer. A metal detectorist in Germany has discovered a Viking Age hoard that includes about 200 riches from the European world, including Arabic coins, ingots,Continue reading “1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor’s hammer”

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”