This mysterious Viking-age hoard lay buried for more than a millenium. Unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist, it is now on show in Sydney.
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The standard drink was far more likely to be ale.
The findings suggest that the depth of the relationships Viking-age people had with animals have been dramatically underrepresented.
DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
They erupted for billions of years and make Earth’s volcanoes look like molehills. Here’s what we know and what we don’t know about them.
Much of what the English know about the Vikings comes from the court of King Alfred – who didn’t like them much.
A bold theory suggests the Vikings may have used a mysterious method of studying sunlight to navigate the oceans.
“Viking!” was the word retired businessman Derek McLennan shouted to metal detector enthusiasts standing in a field in Dumfriesshire in south-west Scotland in September. He had just uncovered a hoard of…
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