Blood, sacrifice and drunkenness: how Christmas was celebrated in the Viking Age, with the transition to the Christian era, the celebration took on a new meaning
The Danish colonisation of Greenland in the 18th century was in part driven by the desire to re-establish contact with early Norse settlers that vanished from the island in the course of the 15th century
The study shows for the first time that Vikings brought animals, specifically horses and dogs, to Britain in the 9th century
2,000 years of genetic history in Scandinavia elucidates Viking age to modern day; a new study reported in the journal Cell
A Viking Age silver treasure found in Stjørdal municipality; an exceptional find, says archaeologist Birgit Maixner
Ancient DNA pushes the herring trade back to the Viking age; a new study on the subject has been published on PNAS
Upcycling from the past: the Viking Age beadmakers in the trading town of Ribe were more advanced than previously believed
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs; identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item
Jewellery from the grave of the Frafjord woman, a high status Viking woman was delivered at museum’s door, at Stavanger
Archaeologists located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren: “A site like this has never been found before”
