From the 750s on, the Vikings’ advanced shipbuilding technology helped give them the edge.
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New analysis of silver items in the Bedale hoard reveals Scandinavians travelled to the east to trade much earlier than previously thought.
Despite its central role in human history, pregnancy has often been overlooked in archaeology.
When the US Constitution was written, many people − from those who wrote the document to those on the outside who read it − believed that endowing the president with kinglike powers was dangerous.
Horses crossed the Baltic Sea in ships during the late Viking age and were sacrificed for funeral rituals according to a new study.
DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
Viking camps across western Europe were carefully planned and organised venues, offering their occupants much more than just a place to safely rest their heads.
A Viking hoard of silver coins and jewellery expands our understanding of French history.
The Viking world was as much populated by missionary kings, bishops and saints as it was by raiders, gods and giants.
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Research in Molecular Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm University
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Professor in Molecular Archaeology, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University
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Stipendiary Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Oxford
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Professor of Numismatics, Stockholm University
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Research fellow, University of Liverpool
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Lecturer in Archaeological Science, Cardiff University
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Adjoint Faculty in Anthropology, Washington State University
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Professor of American History, Università di Torino
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester
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Gad Rausing Associate Professor of Viking Age Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing and English Literature, Researcher in Old Norse Literature, Flinders University