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Blog: An Historian Goes to the MoviesLarsen's blog discusses movies from the perspective of an historian. History Channel's 'Vikings' has come under his scrutiny, and this item links to…
News: Body in well confirms Viking SagaArchaeology News from Past Horizons. Report on archaeological findings in Trondheim, Norway.
Det Brente SkipetDocumentary about a huge and spectacular, but forgotten viking burialmound, excavated in 1874. English subtitles. (p) 2009
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Nye jernalderfunn belyser Eikers posisjon i fortidenEiker 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…
Runes, Monuments and Memorial CarvingsThe RMMC Network brings together researchers, including postgraduate students, in the fields of, for instance, History, Viking Studies, Medieval…
Forging a Viking Age Shield BossThe following clip shows an attempt at reconstructing a Viking Age shield boss (type R564). The purpose of the forging was to better understand the…
The Shape of the Soul: The Viking Mind and the IndividualProfessor Neil Price delivers the third of three lectures, September 27, 2012, focusing on the fundamental role that narrative, storytelling and…
Life and Afterlife: Dealing with the Dead in the Viking AgeProfessor Neil Price delivers the second of three lectures, September 26, 2012, focusing on the fundamental role that narrative, storytelling and…
The Children of Ash: Cosmology and the Viking UniverseProfessor Neil Price delivers the first of three lectures, September 25, 2012, focusing on the fundamental role that narrative, storytelling and…
Viking Archaeology BlogThe Viking Archaeology Blog is concerned with news reports featuring Viking period archaeology. It was primarily constructed as a source for the…
'Hearth and Home' Documentary about the excavations at Wood Quay, from RTÉ ArchivesClip of a documenrary broadcast on RTÉ 1 in 1989 about the Wood Quay excavations, and made available in theRTÉ Archives.See…
Makt og maktsentre i vikingtid og middelalderMakt og maktsentre i vikingtid og middelalder: Maktsentre på Østlandet fra ca. 800 til 1200 e. Kr. i Snorre og arkeologiske kilder
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Thesis: Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic LiteratureBreen's PhD thesis on the Old Norse berserkr. The thesis itself is not available to view online but the link provides details of how to view…
Canmore - Scottish Heritage DatabaseCanmore is a database of heritage sites in Scotland that is compiled and maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. This link is a search for all…
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…
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…
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…
Conference Presentation: Judith Jesch, ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham), ‘ Rediscovering Viking Women – 25 Years On’. Chaired by Roderick Dale. Presentation at the IRC-Funded…
Conference Presentation: Julie Mell and Shaun Bennett, ‘Immersive Visualisations and 3D-Printed Objects in the Teaching and Curating of Viking Sites and Artefacts’Julie Mell and Shaun Bennett (North Carolina State University), ‘ Immersive Visualisations and 3D-Printed Objects in the Teaching and Curating of…
Thesis: Houses and households in early Icelandic society: geoarchaeology and the interpretation of social spaceMilek's thesis on using archaeological data as supporting evidence in the debate on how early Icelandic society was constituted and organised, and how…