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Copy of a silver pendant (Odin?) on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A copy of a Viking-Age silver pendant excavated at Ribe, and interpreted as representing Odin. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Whetstones and Soapstone vessels on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Imports from Norway to Ribe during the Viking Age included grindstones and soapstone vessels. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Luxury and imported goods on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Assorted luxury items, including beads and jewellery from excavations in Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Grave urn on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A Viking-Age grave urn with human remains from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Two grave urns on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Two grave urns from Ribe, one with comb and knife. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Grave goods on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Grave goods including a vessel, whetstone and beads from a grave where the individual was buried in a wooden coffin. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Axe heads on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Woodworking axes from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Iron nails from a wagon burial on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Iron nails surviving from a wagon used as a coffin in Ribe Viking Museum. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Frankish silver goblet on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
A silver goblet with Christian iconography of Frankish origins. Produced around the year 800, and possibly taken in a Viking raid. Found north of Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Viking-Age amulets on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Soapstone amulets found in excavations of a house and marketplace in Ribe, as well as an amber axe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Lead weights and spindle whorls on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Weights and spindle whorls of lead from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Metal and foreign ceramics from Vilslev on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Ceramics from excavations at Vilselv, Denmark. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Urnes style brooch on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Urnes style brooch from Ribe, with dragon or serpent motif. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Byzantine lead seal on display in Museet Ribes Vikinger
Lead seal from Byzantine Empire. Refers to Theodosius and dates to c. 840. Found near Ribe Marketplace. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
News item: Iceland goose hunt turns up 1,000-year-old sword
An article on the BBC News website about the chance discovery of a Viking Age sword in Iceland.
Comb fragments at Aros in the Viking Age exhibition on excavation site Århus Denmark
Comb fragments at 'Aros in the Viking Age' exhibition on excavation site underneath Nordea Bank in Århus Denmark. Aros = Århus. Replicas and original artefacts from everyday life in Viking Århus.
Article about the Ballynolan Thistle Brooch
Article by Colm Moriarty in the blog 'Irish Archaeology' about the Ballynolan Thistle Brooch in the collections of the MAA in Cambridge.
Höfðingi Cheese with Viking Branding
Cheese from Iceland and produced by Dala, which is named Höfðingi ('chieftain'), and features both a Viking and runes of the older futhark.
Isle of Man Stamp Commemorating the Millennium of Tynwald
A billboard featuring the commemorative Tynwald Millennium stamp, and picturing Vikings arriving in the Isle of Man.
Runic stone (FR 2 M) from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes
Thirteenth century runic stone from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes. The inscription reads 'Þorkell Ônundar sonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna stað fyrst.' Þorkell Ônundr's son, man of the east from Rogaland, lived in this place first…