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Viking Denmark
Viking Denmark is a website that appears to be directing tourists to Viking-related sites that they can visit in Denmark, while also providing some background to those sites.
Nyheter: Tusenvis av bilister har passert denne haugen uten å ane noen ting
The news story discusses the start of excavation of an apparently undisturbed grave mound beside the E6 near Fangberget gård in Ringsaker, Hedmark, Norway.
News: The Spillings Hoard
The Spillings hoard is the largest Viking-Age silver treasure hoard ever found. It was discovered in 1999 while the finders were filming a programme on looting of sites by metal detectorists.
The Huxley Hoard
The Huxley Hoard is a collection of Viking silver that was buried for safekeeping, but was never retrieved. The 21 bracelets and one ingot were discovered near Huxley in Cheshire in 2004. The hoard is owned jointly by Chester Grosvenor Museum,…
News: 1000-year-old Viking shield found in Denmark
A late-10th century shield made of fir was found in Denmark some 60 miles west of Copenhagen, near what the article calls Viking-Age 'castles'.
Birkaportalen
Birkaportalen gathers together a range of resources about Viking Age Birka and Hovgården.
Lidir Viking- og Bueskytterlag, Lier
Lidir Viking- og Bueskytterlag er laget for hele familien. Her kan barn, unge og voksne finne aktiviteter de liker og konkurere på likefot i bueskyting. Laget formidler vikingenes historie og levesett gjennom håndverkstrasisjoner og historisk…
Nye jernalderfunn belyser Eikers posisjon i fortiden
Eiker was a centre of power in the Drammen region during the Late Iron Age, as is shown by these new finds. Surveys using georadar show that there are the remains of several structures in the area, including a 30m long longhouse.
Det vikingatida bågskyttet i Birka – ett exempel på en framstående stridskonst med främmande inslag
'This paper deals with archery in the Viking Age settlement of Birka and in particular the presence of Euro Asiatic, steppe nomadic archery equipment at the Birka Garrison and one Birka grave.'
Blog: Women in the Viking Age then and now: Powerful then, dangerous now?
A blog post about women in the Viking Age and what the Oseberg ship burial means for our understanding of their levels of power and agency.
Runestone DR66 in the Moesgård Museum
The memorial runestone (Danish Runic Inscription 66 (DR 66)) from Århus, ornamented with facial mask in the Mammen style.
Runestone, Sm 163
Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...
Runestone, Sm 167
Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...
The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...
The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
Silver ring with Thor's hammer in the Hedeby Viking Museum
Thor's hammer was made from silver and it is ornamented with circles (on both sites) and with cross (on one side). It was discovered in settlement in Hedeby/Haithabu.
Runestone: Öl 1 (Karlevi stone)
This stone reads:
§A + s-a... --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-... +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir :…
§A + s-a... --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-... +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir :…
Wooden and Bone Weaving Tablets in the National Museum of Ireland
These tablets would have been used for tablet or card weaving. This is a technique for making narrow decorative bands of the sort that would have decorated the hems of Vikings' clothes.
Woollen Cap in the National Museum of Ireland
This is a woollen cap from Fishamble Street in Dublin.
A Mould and its Associated Brooch in the National Museum of Ireland
This mould was almost certainly used to make the star-shaped kite brooch that is displayed beside it. Both were found on the same site.
Amber Beads in the National Museum of Ireland
This display shows pieces of amber and beads made from amber that were found in Fishamble Street, Dublin
Viking Beads in the National Museum of Ireland
These photographs show a selection of beads on display in the museum in Dublin.