To see more Viking articles, click here. By SEAN MARTIN PUBLISHED: 14:38, Mon, Mar 16, 2020 AN ANCIENT Viking slab spoke of an impending climate catastrophe and how there would be a battle between “warmth and cold and life and death.” The Rok Stone, a Viking runestone erected in the ninth century in central Sweden, has provedContinue reading “Ancient Viking slab warned of ‘ominous’ climate catastrophe”
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Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian
To see more Viking articles, click here. Researchers sequenced the DNA from more than 400 Viking remains including from this female skeleton named Kata discovered in a Viking burial site in Varnhem, Sweden.(Image: © Västergötlands Museum) By Yasemin Saplakoglu The research “debunks the modern image of Vikings.” Those ferocious seafaring warriors that explored, raided and tradedContinue reading “Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian”
Eighteenth-Century Artifacts Uncovered in Michigan
To see more Viking articles, click here. MACKINAW CITY, MICHIGAN—UpNorthLive reports that excavators working at Mackinac State Historic Parks have uncovered a heart-shaped ring, a sleeve button made of glass or crystal, a gunflint, a plain pewter button, a plain brass button, and part of a bone knife handle at the site of a house atContinue reading “Eighteenth-Century Artifacts Uncovered in Michigan”
Amateur metal detectorist finds astonishing Bronze Age haul in Scotland
To see more Viking articles, click here. Written by Amy Woodyatt, CNN Aamateur metal detectorist has uncovered a haul of Bronze Age objects in a Scottish field, in what experts are calling a “nationally significant” discovery. The hoard, which dates from 1,000-900 BC and includes a complete horse harness and sword, was found by Mariusz Stepien as he searchedContinue reading “Amateur metal detectorist finds astonishing Bronze Age haul in Scotland”
Archaeologists unearth Viking neighborhood in Istanbul
To see more Viking articles, click here. Archaeologists looking for traces of the Vikings in Istanbul have discovered a Viking neighborhood in the ancient city of Bathonea near Lake Küçükçekmece, officials told daily Milliyet. “Vikings lived in Istanbul between the eighth and the 11th centuries in different periods. We have found their exact settlement area to be between theContinue reading “Archaeologists unearth Viking neighborhood in Istanbul”