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.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Three huge Viking swords tower over Hafrsfjord just outside Stavanger, Norway. This extraordinary artwork, Sverd I Fjell (Swords in Rock), was created to commemorate Norway’s unification as a single kingdom in 872. Image credit: Giuseppe
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Medieval Norse-Icelandic sagas are filled with tales of mead-drinking Norse Gods and beautiful Valkyries serving refreshments to fallen warriors in Valhalla. Valhalla – Herb liquer by Koskenkorva. Credit: Tero Nummelin – CC BY-SA 3.0 Similarly,
AncientPages.com – A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located about250 km (150 miles) from Oslo, Norway and it will be sent
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Be careful and watch your steps when you enter the realms of Jötunheimr, the home of the fearful giants in Norse mythology. You might think twice before undertaking a journey to this dark, inhospitable place surrounded
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A tiny dragon’s head, one of the most famous symbols of the Vikings, has been discovered during excavations in the harbour at Birka in Lake Mälaren. Birka, on Lake Mälaren, 40kms from Stockholm, is thought to
AncientPages.com – At first sight, the Birka Ring, an ancient Viking artifact, resembles just an old ring. However, a closer examination of the ring revealed a surprising discovery: an unexpected inscription of foreign origin. Image credit: Birka Vikingastaden “More than a
AncientPages.com – On October 17, 2014 a skeleton was discovered in the well at Sverresborg Museum in Trondheim, Norway. According to an initial analysis these are skeletal remains of a man that died at the age of around 35-40 years.
AncientPages.com – Beneath the modern streets of Dublin, Ireland, archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery uncovering the largest known Viking burial in Europe, Scandinavia excluded. This incredible discovery includes not only Viking warriors, but also valuable ancient treasures. Not every Viking
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed an unusual “hammer of Thor” covered with runes. What is so special about this particular find is that it can finally solve the mystery of whether these amulets, were a representation of Thor’s hammer or something
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The concept of fate dominates Norse mythology, and to the Norse people, fate was a fact of life that could not be avoided or changed. So, it had to be met without fear; even death,
AncientPages.com – Several chamber-graves have been unearthed in the hamlet of Hørning near Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. “The artefacts that we’ve already found are exquisite gilded fittings from a horse bridle. This type of bridle would only be available to the
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com -Why did the Vikings create the codes? This long unanswered puzzle has long baffled linguists and historians. About 80 inscriptions with different rune codes have been found around Scandinavia and the British Isles. The oldest inscriptions can
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Did Vikings possess superior ancient technology ahead of their time? Can archaeologists solve the puzzle of this old Scandinavian mystery? Whose name is inscribed on this enigmatic ancient sword? We may think we know a
