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Scandinavian history & Norse culture: Viking-era longhouses and burial mounds
NordenBladet – Viking-era longhouses and burial mounds are important archaeological artifacts that provide insight into the Viking way of life. Viking-era longhouses and burial mounds are an important part of Viking history and provide valuable insight into the way of
Read MoreDenmark: Two Viking-era skeletons reunited in Denmark’s National Museum after a millennium
NordenBladet — Denmark’s National Museum is now the home for the remains of two Viking-era men that were once related, being reunited after a millennium. It was stated that one of the Viking men died with traces of blows in
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Greenland: The Viking period of Greenland
NordenBladet – The Vikings settled in southern and western Greenland about 1,000 years ago. Brattahlid is the best preserved of Old Norse settlements. TRAVEL IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE VIKING SETTLERS The traces of the Vikings – also called the
Read MoreIceland: Hidden caves in Hella are open to public
NordenBladet – Since January 18th, 2020, four of the twelve man-made caves in Hella are open to the public. The Hella caves are ancient; some even believed to date further back than the settlement of the Vikings. In truth, nobody
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Scandinavian history and culture: WHAT were gender roles like during Viking times? What happens when a Viking dies?
NordenBladet – What were gender roles like during Viking times? A Norwegian archaeologist Marianne Moen thinks we often misinterpret the past based on our current cultural assumptions. Men and women had more similarities than differences, she says. Moen studied the
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EXHAUSTIVE OVERVIEW: who were the ancient Scandinavian origin Vikings and when was the time of the Vikings?
NordenBladet – The Vikings were ancient Scandinavian origin seafarers whose characteristic culture flourished around the 8th until the 11th century (the so called Viking Era). The name “Viking” apparently stems from ancient Nordic word vik that stands for gulf; viking
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Viking is ‘forefather to British royals’? Norwegian-French investigation hopes to reveal that Norwegian Viking noble Ganger Hrólf was the same person as Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy
NordenBladet – A joint Norwegian-French investigation hopes to reveal that Norwegian Viking noble Ganger Hrólf was the same person as Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy – and the forefather of the British royal family. Rollo*, sometimes known as Robert
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