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Mural 'Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf' in Dublin City HallA mural in Dublin City Hall entitled 'Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf 1014 A.D' by James Ward and students of the Dublin Metropolitan School of…
How to make Viking costumes for kids (or grown-ups)A blog post about making Viking costumes. it includes lists of what you need and instructions for making the elements of each costume.
Article 'Runer i Hagia Sofia i Istanbul' by James E. KnirkDiscussion of the runes in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from Nytt om runer 14 (1999), 26-27
Conference Presentation: Jacqui Mulville and Ian Dennis, ‘ Antler, Agency and Archaeology’Jacqui Mulville and Ian Dennis (Guerilla Archaeology), ‘ Antler, Agency and Archaeology’. Chaired by Christina Lee. Presentation at the IRC-Funded…
Conversational Old NorseA blog post about Old Norse greetings and small talk.
Völuspá: Introduction and Readings (Old Norse & English)Völuspá is one of the most important poems in the Poetic Edda, and the most well-known account of the beginning and end of the world (Ragnarok) in…
Old Norse Lesson 1: Introducing the LanguageWhat is Old Norse? How old is it? How is it related to English and the other languages of Northern Europe?
In this first video of a planned series,…
Icelandic Viking Salt Product by Íslensk hollustaThe company website for Íslensk hollusta refers to the fact that Icelanders used Black Salt until the 15th Century, produced from burning seaweed. It…
Project AndvariProject Andvari is an international collaborative project designed to create a free digital portal that will provide integrated access to collections…
French Language podcast 'Dans les pas des invasions vikings'Podcast from Le Salon noir, France Culture, broadcast Saturday 9 January at 19:30.
'Dans les pas des invasions vikings' (In the Footsteps of the…
News about the publication of an illustrated French children's book 'Vikings!'From the Inrap website:
Des récits palpitants qui racontent deux siècles et demi de conquêtes et d’histoire du monde sur trois continents. Écrit…
Innocent Drinks V-for-Viking MagnetInnocent produced a series of magnets featuring letters of the alphabet illustrated by an object or subject starting with this letter. Here we see V…
Blog: VikingsnittA blog about Viking re-enactment in Norway by Ingrid Galadriel of Trondheim Vikinglag.
Odin - IT Cloud ServicesAn IT company trading on the name of Odin. Nothing on the website explains why they have chosen the Norse god's name for their company.
Informatiecentrum Vikingen op WieringenThe Viking information centre in Wieringen.
Viking ship Fire PitUser submitted image of a Viking fire pit produced by the Canadian company Imagine Metal Art, which produced metal garden sculptures. For more…
The construction of ships on the Bayeux TapestryA scene from the Bayeux Tapestry illustrating the Norman construction of ships for the invasion of Anglo-Saxon England. For the full tapestry see here
Ships depicted on the Bayeux TapestryThere are many ships depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. They are Anglo-Saxon and Norman models, but they would have been of very similar construction to…
Replica Viking Glassware souvenirSouvenir replica of a Viking cone beaker from Birka made from hand-blown glass and hand-forged iron stand. On sale in Museet Ribes Vikinger.
Toy viking ship souvenirA small viking ship featuring a dragon prow with images of a horned helmet and viking warrior on the sail. Toy seen in Copenhagen airport.