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Modern rune stone by Erik the Red Sandquist at JellingPhotos of a brightly painted modern rune stone outside the Kongernes Jelling Museum. It was carved by Erik the Red Sandquist, a professional rune…
Reconstruction of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingA reconstruction of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #280 for a photo of the original
Photo of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingPhoto of Side C of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and…
Reconstruction of Side B of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingA reconstruction of Side B of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #280 for a photo of the original
Photo of Side B of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingPhoto of Side B of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and…
Reconstruction of Side A of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingA reconstruction of Side A of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #278 for a photo of the original
Photo of Side A of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingPhoto of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and mother,…
Photos of Rune stone DR 41 at JellingPhoto of the older of the two Jelling stones, raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The English translation on the Samnordisk…
Photos of Jelling Kirke in DenmarkToday’s Jelling Church is a Romanesque masonry church, built around 1100 on the site of Harald Bluetooth’s original church from the 900s AD. In 2000,…
Photos of the Southern Burial Mound at JellingThere are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The South Mound is known as Gorm's Mound, and is empty. It was probably constructed in the…
Photo of the Northern Burial Mound at JellingThere are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The North Mound is known as Thyra's Mound, and was most likely the original burial place of…
Facebook Group: Viking Lands: Tours and TourismA Facebook group for those interested in the Vikings, focusing on tours, tourism and photography. Run by Heather D. Linnett
Facebook Group: Viking Lands: A History of ExplorationA Facebook group for those interested in the Vikings. The site is run by Heather D. Linnett.
Museum: The Collection, Lincoln, UKThe Collection in Lincoln offers Viking workshops for schools as well as loan boxes that can be taken back to the classroom for the students to…
Blog Post: Who do you think you are? — Auðr djúpúðgaIf an episode of the BBC series “Who do you think you are?” was devoted to Auðr djúpúðga (‘deep-minded’), where would the journey lead to? A short…
Blog post: Auðr the Far-Traveler …Brief overview of the voyages that Auðr/Unnr djúp(a)uðga Ketilsdóttir made in various sources that relate about her. With Google Maps images of the…
News Article: Viking thing site found on ButeNew research has identified a possible Viking thing (parliament) site on Bute in the Hebrides. It is suggested that Ketill flatnose may have been…
Noormannen in het rivierenlandAan het begin van de zevende eeuw ontwikkelde Dorestad zich tot het belangrijkste handelscentrum van Noord-west-Europa. Maar Dorestad raakte in de…
Noormannen in de Lage Landen: Handelaten, huurlingen, en heersersA history of the Vikings in the Netherlands by amateur historian Luit van der Tuuk
De Vikingen en de NederlandenAn essay on the Vikings and the Netherlands