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Viking Age beadsViking age glass beads displayed among cremated bones
Iron rattleAn iron rattle like those found with the Oseberg ship.
Oil lampsViking Age oil lamps.
Oval brooches and beadsA display of oval brooches and beads showing how the beads might have been worn between the brooches.
Advertising for kulturhistorisk museum in OsloAdvertising outside kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo. The posters feature the Gjermundbu helmet, treasure and a sword, thus evoking the Viking Age very…
Ship's weather vaneA weather vane from a Viking Age ship. This, like other weather vanes, was eventually placed on Heggum Church. It is currently on display in…
Rowlocks with Mammen mask carvingTwo rowlocks from Gokstad carved with a mask. They date to the ninth century.
Site of Viking Age boat burial at Scar, Sanday, OrkneyA 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…
Artefact from ÁrósOn the photo are (from upper left corner):
- miniature spearhead;
- miniature lead anchor;
- Thor's hammer;
- awl with handle made of polished…
Amulets from ÁrósOn the photo are iron Thor's hammer and small, bronze axehead.
These amulets have been found in Århus (Árós in the Viking Age). Currently they…
Depiction of the Ships from HedebyThese ships were carved on polished red deer antler.
This find is a part of the permanent exhibition in the Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger…
Varangian Guardsmen from the Skylitzes ManuscriptOne section of the Skylitzes manuscript illustrates how the Varangian Guard, an elite mercenary unit mainly consisting of Scandinavians in Byzantine…
Blog post: Women - Key figures in medieval SwedenIn one section of the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm representing the Viking period, Swedish women are represented in one individual display case…
Gaming pieces in kulturhistorisk museum, OsloA selection of gaming pieces on display in the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo. These pieces were probably used for hnefatafl. The photographs…
Review: 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' ed. by Sarah Anderson and Karen SwensonReview of Anderson, S. and Swenson, K. (eds), 2002 'Cold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature and Mythology. A Collection of Essays' (London and New…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Society' and 'Old Norse Images of Women' by Jenny JochensOn pp. 89-91, a review of:
Jochens, J., 1995 'Women in Old Norse Society' (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press)
Jochens, J., 1996 'Old Norse…
Review: 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power' by Jóhanna Katrín FriðriksdóttirA review of Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, 2013 'Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies, Words, and Power.' The New Middle Ages (New York: Palgrave…
Book Review: 'Women in the Viking Age' by Judith JeschA review of Jesch, J., 1991 'Women in the Viking Age' (Woodbridge: Boydell) written by Carolyne Larrington and published in Alvismal. The link is to a…
Viking-Age women's clothing on display at the Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.Viking-Age women's clothing on display at the Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.
'Princess of Birka' display at Swedish History Museum, Stockholm'Princess of Birka' display at Swedish History Museum, Stockholm