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Domestic Animals ExhibitPDF file of the Domestic Animals exhibit
The Viking Home ExhibitPDF file of the exhibit page The Viking Home
A Viking Age Toy Boat from DublinA small boat of approximately 37cm in length has been interpreted as a child's toy. This one was found at Winetavern Street during excavations by the…
Knattleikr, a Viking ball gameKnattleikr is a game known from the Icelandic sagas. It's rules are not known, but it is known that it involved a bat and a ball, and that people…
Sagas and StoriesThe Icelandic Saga Database is a website dedicated to making the sagas of the Icelanders available online. The sagas are predominantly in modern…
Interior of a Viking HouseThe photograph shows part of the interior of a Viking house. The man is sitting on one of the 'benches' that ran down either side of the house. In…
The Hall at Borg, Lofoten, NorwayThe reconstruction of the hall at Borg shows how large the greatest Viking halls could be. Originally built in the 500s to a length of 67m, it was…
HnefataflHnefatafl was a board game played by Vikings. Although no Viking Age rules are known, it is thought to have been similar to Tablut, a game recorded by…
Dublinia - Experience Viking and Medieval DublinDublinia is a not-for-profit heritage centre based at the crossroads of the medieval city at Christchurch, Dublin. It promotes learning about Viking…
DogsDogs are known from the Mesolithic period onwards in Scandinavia. They would have been used by the Vikings as guards, hunting animals, and even as…
PigsThe goddess Freyja rode a wild boar called Hildisvíni and the god Freyr owned one called Gullinbursti. This is a nineteenth-century imaginative…
CattleAn image of Auðumla the legendary cow that licked Odin's grandfather Buri from the ice and from whose udders milk flowed in streams. This milk…
SheepSheep were an important source of milk, meat and wool. The cloth made from wool was even a form of currency in Iceland during the Viking Age. Wool was…
Icelandic HorseThe Icelandic horse is a breed of horse from Iceland that developed from horses taken to Iceland by the original Viking settlers. It is small, often…
Reflections on Our Fascination with Vikings and What It Tells Us about How We Engage with the PastAn essay on how a group of students responded to a class on the history of the Vikings and how it affected their perception of the Vikings.
A Reconstructed Viking House in IcelandA photograph of a turf-built house in Iceland of a style that would have been common in the Viking Age
Houses and domestic life in the Viking Age and medieval period: material perspectives from sagas and archaeologyThis PhD thesis examines how houses were used in the Viking Age and medieval period, and compares archaeological evidence with the medieval Icelandic…
Roskilde Viking Ship MuseumThe Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde, Denmark, houses a collection of Viking Age ships as well as offering the opportunity to see and sail…
The Viking Ship Museum, OsloThe Viking Ship Museum in Oslo presents an exhibition of the Gokstad, Oseberg and Tune Viking ships, and of finds related to them.
Torslunda helmet plateDie for making plates to decorate helmets found at Torslunda on Öland, Sweden. It features two warriors in decorated tunics, wearing boar-crested…