Harald Hardrada: The Last Great Viking and Formidable Warrior of His Era We commonly associate names like Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Erik the Red, and Eric “Bloodaxe” Haraldsson with the image of courageous and fearsome Viking warriors. However, when it comes to the greatest Viking warrior of all, none can surpass the … Read more
Viking Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced And Not Unlike Today’s Treatments Viking Age teeth at Varnhem indicate surprisingly advanced dentistry, according to the results of a study conducted at the University of Gothenburg. In 2005, excavations in Varnhem, Sweden uncovered the remains of a Christian church, near which was a cemetery containing thousands of Viking graves dating to … Read more
3D Scans Of Runestones Reveal The Power Of Viking Queen Thyra More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements. Two groups of runestones mention a woman named Thyra, and new analysis of the carvings … Read more
Norwegian archaeologists discover 20-meter-long Viking ship, changing the history of early Viking kings Archaeologists in Norway, a 20-meter-long Viking ship has been discovered using georadar on a mound previously believed to be empty. “This is a spectacular find which sheds light on the earliest Viking kings”, says archaeologist Håkon Reiersen. The mound was explored a little over … Read more
Young Metal Detectorist Discovers Massive Viking Raiding Hoard In Danish Field A group of hobby metal detectorists has discovered two Viking treasures buried a few meters apart near the ruins of the Viking castle Fyrkat in Hobro, northern Denmark. Treasures both contained many small silver coins and cut-up silver jewelry, which probably served as a … Read more
Vast DNA Analysis of Hundreds of Vikings Reveals They Weren’t Who We Thought A fascinating DNA study of more than 400 Viking skeletons has just re-written history. Today we know with certainty some Vikings were not those who we previously thought. Scientists have examined skeletons scattered across Europe and Greenland and cutting-edge DNA sequencing sheds new light … Read more