An exhaustive analysis of the controversial Vinland Map has shown it to be a 20th-century forgery. “The Vinland Map is a fake,” Raymond Clemens, curator at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book Library ...
Though that account doesn't mention stockfish, it does describe the chieftain sailing all the way from Norway to England on a trade mission. Haithabu would have been on the way. "Norway" was deeper ...
You may think of Vikings as warriors raiding and ransacking Medieval European villages. But this image of Viking hordes embarking on sea voyages with the sole purpose of pillaging is changing with new ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Lesson No. 1: Viking warriors didn’t wear horned helmets. “Viking helmets with horns date to the end of ...
Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia, and took ...
Ice patches that melted from the slopes of a remote mountain pass in Norway have revealed artifacts that provide new insight into the livelihood of hunters, traders and travelers along a route ...
Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. It’s old news by now that ...
The Vikings of legend were fearless male warriors who raided coastal towns across Europe. But archaeological research shows that Viking women were just as integral to the expansion of Viking society ...
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These three Viking women elongated their skulls, and some men filed their teeth. But why?
The Viking Age is one of the most fascinating chapters in human history. Far from being mere savages who raided and pillaged, the Vikings had complex social hierarchies, thriving trade, and cultural ...
Did the Viking trade in red squirrels spread leprosy in Medieval Europe? A new study raises many questions but provides few solid answers. A research project launched in England in 2016 aimed to ...
More than a millennium ago, people in the Viking Age city of Haithabu dined on a dish of freeze-dried cod and tossed the bones aside. It was a relatively unremarkable meal, except for one thing. The ...
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