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Brooches
A selection of oval brooches and trefoil brooches on display at kulturhistorisk museum.
Amulet
Amulet on display in kulturhistorisk museum
Viking Age beads
Viking age glass beads displayed among cremated bones
Iron rattle
An iron rattle like those found with the Oseberg ship.
Oil lamps
Viking Age oil lamps.
Oval brooches and beads
A display of oval brooches and beads showing how the beads might have been worn between the brooches.
Advertising for kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo
Advertising outside kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo. The posters feature the Gjermundbu helmet, treasure and a sword, thus evoking the Viking Age very strongly. The Viking Age exhibits within the museum are diverse, but the advertising focuses only on…
Ship's weather vane
A weather vane from a Viking Age ship. This, like other weather vanes, was eventually placed on Heggum Church. It is currently on display in Kulturhistorisk museet in Oslo.
BBC Bitesize: Vikings for KS2
The BBC website provides a range of resources for KS2 teachers and learners. This link takes you to the material on the Vikings.
Rowlocks with Mammen mask carving
Two rowlocks from Gokstad carved with a mask. They date to the ninth century.
Remains of the Roskilde 6 Ship on display in the Viking Exhibition in the Nationamuseet
Roskilde 6 was discovered in 1997 during work to extend the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. The 37 meter Viking warship is the largest yet discovered, and had apparently been wrecked on the shore near Roskilde. Only 20% of the timbers survived, but…
Remains of the Roskilde 6 ship on display at the British Museum
Roskilde 6 was discovered in 1997 during work to extend the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. The 37 meter Viking warship is the largest yet discovered, and had apparently been wrecked on the shore near Roskilde. Only 20% of the timbers survived, but…
The Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole, Isle of Man.
Stones marking the rough outline of the Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole, Isle of Man, a double burial of a man and a woman. See also item #2783
Plaque at Balladoole, Isle of Man
Plaque marking the site of the Viking Age boat burial at Balladoole in the Isle of Man, which was a double burial of a man and a woman.See also items#2783and #2804
Site of Viking Age boat burial at Scar, Sanday, Orkney
A small sign marking the location of the Viking Age boat burial near Scar, on the north coast of Sanday, Orkney. Excavated in November/December 1991 and published in Olwyn Owen and Magnar Dalland, Scar: A Viking Boat Burial on Sanday, Orkney, 2000.
Depiction of the Ships from Hedeby
These ships were carved on polished red deer antler.
This find is a part of the permanent exhibition in the Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
This find is a part of the permanent exhibition in the Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
Varangian Guardsmen from the Skylitzes Manuscript
One section of the Skylitzes manuscript illustrates how the Varangian Guard, an elite mercenary unit mainly consisting of Scandinavians in Byzantine service, dealt with the death of one of their number. The deceased had attempted to rape a woman, so…
Blog post: Women - Key figures in medieval Sweden
In one section of the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm representing the Viking period, Swedish women are represented in one individual display case by a great number of keys found in various archaeological digs. Keys are everyday and familiar…
Gaming pieces in kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo
A selection of gaming pieces on display in the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo. These pieces were probably used for hnefatafl. The photographs include some dice that would have been used for various dice games.
Review: 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' ed. by Sarah Anderson and Karen Swenson
Review of Anderson, S. and Swenson, K. (eds), 2002 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' (London and New York: Routledge).