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Varangian Guardsmen from the Skylitzes Manuscript

One section of the Skylitzes manuscript illustrates how the Varangian Guard, an elite mercenary unit mainly consisting of Scandinavians in Byzantine…

Rune stone U 104 in the Ashmolean Museum

U104 is one of the so-called 'Greklandsstenarna' which refer to Norse activities in the Byzantine Empire. This rune stone was donated to the Ashmolean…

9th century Viking graffiti in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul.

Photograph of a Viking inscription in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. The Norse personal name -alftan (Halvdan) can be read here, but the rest of the runes…