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Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...
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Roskilde, how a quiet Danish town became the capital of the Viking Age
Long before Copenhagen, Roskilde stood at the heart of Danish power, guarding a shallow fjord that shaped kings, wars, and trade across the North Sea. Using chronicles, archaeology, and the famous ...
Archaeologists from the Stockholm Shipwreck Museum are seeking funding to continue their research and excavation of a relatively well- preserved vessel discovered 20 km off the coast —with several ...
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons ...
Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers—and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the realities ...
Archaeologist Cat Jarman, a Viking Age specialist, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Vikings. When did the Viking Age begin? How do we know about the Vikings? Where did ...
New research has revealed the horrors of the Viking age, as the study of skulls showed evidence of devastating disease and infections. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden used ...
In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons ...
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