Tag: Viking
Dunmore Cave – A Viking Massacre
Dunmore Cave is a cave system in County Kilkenny, Ireland, formed over millions of years by glacial meltwater chemically dissolving the permeable lower carboniferous limestone.
The Vikings in Africa
Throughout the Middle Ages, a movement led by Norse explorers, traders and warriors from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), led to the exploration of distant lands in pursuit of wealth and colonisation.
Viking sword discovery reveals new insights into voyages in the North Sea
A Viking sword discovered by metal detectorists in Norway is revealing new insights into voyages in the North Sea.
Satellite data points to possible burial site of ‘Bluetooth Viking king’
Archaeologists have identified the possible burial site of Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, using satellite data from the Polish village of Wiejkowo.
Why did the Vikings abandon Greenland?
A study led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published recently in Science Advances, upends the previously accepted theory on why the Vikings abandoned Greenland.
Norse runic text found in Oslo
Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) have uncovered two objects in Oslo inscribed with Norse runic text.