Explore the world of the Vikings, filled with legendary rulers, daring journeys, epic battles, and fascinating archaeological discoveries. Learn about their traditions, mysterious artifacts, powerful symbols, and how Norse mythology shaped their lives.
Here, you can find everything you want to know about Viking history and the fascinating stories of Norse mythology.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In 1953 while clearing the ground in Borgund on the west coast of Norway strange debris was discovered. Archaeologists came to the site and started excavating. They managed to identify 45,000 objects from the Middle
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The 1,000-year-old Viking Weaver’s sword is a true archaeological treasure. The sword is a little over 30 cm in length and made of wood. It was never intended for battle. Found at an archaeological dig
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Hidden in a crypt of a ruined church in Poland, for many years, the golden Curmsun Disc did not see the modern world until recently. The Curmsun Disc is a remarkable Norse artifact with an
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A new Viking Age ship has been discovered by archaeologists in Norway during a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey. This exciting find reveals a huge Viking boat buried beneath the ground in Øye, in Kvinesdal. The
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established successful settlements in southern Greenland in 985, abandon them in the early 15th century? The consensus view has
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The discovery of ancient runes is always of great interest to those who study Norse history and culture. Many runic inscriptions have been found, but it is now always easy to decipher, but scientists work
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Vikings were not a uniform phenomenon in ancient Scandinavia. They were part of a complex system of plunder economy that existed in Europe until the early Middle Ages. With royal power rising, independent raiders either
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Viking Gjermundbu helmet is one of the most valuable Viking Age artifacts ever discovered. Over the years, archaeologists have discovered many precious Viking Age artifacts, such as remarkable Viking jewelry, weapons, ritual objects, pieces of clothes, and
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Mobility shaped the human world profoundly long before the modern age. But archaeologists often struggle to create a timeline for the speed and impact of this mobility. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Danish
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For decades, historians have debated whether an infamously violent Viking torture ritual ever really happened, or if it was a misunderstood or embellished story passed down through poetry over the centuries. The blood eagle ritual
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – At Gjellestad in Norway, archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) have found a 60-meter longhouse. There is no longer a doubt that Gjellestad, where the same team discovered a Viking ship
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – If you were a Viking warrior, you didn’t paint your shield with just any color. Picking the right color was not a matter of taste. It was a decision based on careful selection because the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – About 1,000 years ago, two Vikings from the same family traveled abroad to fight. One of the Viking warriors went to England where he died in the 11th century, from injuries to the head. He
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – New detailed surveys of Viking age ship settings in Hjarnø, Denmark have been completed by archaeologists examining the origins and makeup of the Kalvestene grave field (“the calf stones”), which is a grave field made
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Valsgärde is a large Viking burial cemetery located not far from Uppsala in Sweden. Today it’s just a name few, even in Sweden have heard about, but in ancient times this was a place where
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In the Prose Edda book “Gylfaginning,” an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician, Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), described the goddess Lofn, who “let people live together, women and men, even if previously it was for them forbidden or considered illegal”
