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Vikings

Viking Museums

July 8, 2010 Vikings
Viking brooch

Below is the list of Viking museums across the world. Do you know of any other Viking museums? Help expand the list! If you visited any of these, leave a review for us. Dublinia & the Viking World (Dublin, Ireland) A heritage centre, located in central Dublin, at the heart of the medieval city. The [...]

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Viking Necklace Discovered in Glencurran Cave

April 29, 2010 Viking Hoards
Glencurran Viking Necklace

Excavations by Dr Marion Dowd at Glencurran Cave, the Burren National Park (Ireland), led to a stunning discovery: a unique Viking necklace estimated to be 1,150-year-old. Necklaces dating to the Viking Age that have been found previously, usually had five to six glass beads, but this one has 71 beads covered with gold foil. This [...]

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Beheaded Vikings in Weymouth Execution Pit

March 23, 2010 Viking Burials
Viking skull

In June 2009 a thousand-year-old execution pit was discovered at Ridgeway Hill, on a hilltop by the ancient main road from Dorchester to Weymouth. The pit contained the remains of 51 robust young warriors, most of whom were in their late teens to early 20s. Since no pins or toggles were found, it is suggested [...]

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Mel Gibson to Direct a Viking Movie Starring Leonardo DiCaprio

December 16, 2009 Viking Movies
Mel Gibson

Last Monday Variety reported that Mel Gibson is going to direct a Viking movie with Leonardo DiCaprio set to star. The screenplay is by William Monahan. The project will be financed by Mel Gibson and Graham King. The Viking film is expected to begin shooting in fall 2010. Before it happens, Gibson will star in [...]

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Odin from Lejre

November 16, 2009 Norse Mythology
Odin from Lejre

Last Saturday, November 14, Roskilde Museum site published an article (in Danish), entitled “Odin fra Lejre” (“Odin from Lejre”). It tells about an exciting archaeological find, a small silver figurine discovered early in September at Lejre (municipality on the island of Zealand, Denmark). Amateur archaeologist Tommy Olesen was metal detecting near the site where archaeologists [...]

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Viking Ship from Gokstad

October 20, 2009 Viking Burials
Gokstad Viking ship

The Gokstad ship is a Viking ship excavated in 1880 not far from Sandefjord (Vestfold, Norway) by Nicolay Nicolaysen. The ship was buried in a trench. On board, it had a burial chamber of a wealthy chieftain. Above a large mound was raised. Along with the 24 meters long ship, its oars, pulleys, yards and [...]

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Remains in the Oseberg Ship Burial

October 15, 2009 Viking Burials
Oseberg Viking ship

The Oseberg ship was buried in a trench dug into blue clay that preserved the oak almost intact for more than a millennium. The trench was filled with rocks and layers of peat, grass-side down. The Viking ship was tied to a rock, with its bow pointing towards the sea. It had an anchor, but [...]

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Viking Ship from Oseberg

October 8, 2009 Viking Burials
Oseberg ship

The Oseberg ship is perhaps the most exciting Viking ship ever found. August 8, 1903 Norwegian farmer named Knut Rom visited Professor Gabriel Gustafson of the University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo. There was a large mound within Rom’s farm Lille Oseberg located in Vestfold county, on the western coast of the Oslofjord, near Tønsberg. [...]

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