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To see more Viking articles, click here. Two Viking Age warriors from the same family died hundreds of kilometers apart. By KIONA N. SMITH  Roughly a thousand years ago, a young man in his early 20s met a violent end in England. Eight hundred kilometers (500 miles) away, in Denmark, an older man who hadContinue reading “Two Viking burials, separated by an ocean, contain close kin”

To see more Viking articles, click here. Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden, 25 km west of modern-day Stockholm. The ring constitutes unique material evidence of direct contact between the Vikings and the Abbasid CaliphateThe ring is made of silver alloy set with aContinue reading “A Viking era ring inscribed with the words ‘for Allah’, found in the grave of a woman who was buried 1200 years ago in Birka”

To see more Viking articles, click here. David Keys considers a discovery that sheds fresh light on gold, silver, sacred relics and fear in the medieval era. Archaeologists have determined that a treasure cache, discovered by metal detectorists in Scotland seven years ago, is the richest and most complex Viking era hoard ever found in Britain. The findingContinue reading “Solving one of Viking Age Britain’s greatest mysteries”