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The Stora Hammars I image stone

One of four early Viking-Age picture stones from Stora Hammars in Gotland, featuring scenes of battle, and imagery interpreted as having a mythical or…

Upplev Vendeltidens Gamla Uppsala med ny interaktiv app

A new app is coming that will permit visitors to Gamla Uppsala to see the environment as it used to be on an iPad that they can borrow from the…

Vendel and Valsgärde Helmets on Pinterest

A Pinterest page for photographs of the Vendel and Valsgärde helmets.

The Vendel XIV Helmet

A helmet in the museum at Gamla Uppsala

The Stone ships (Skeppssättning)(Nordic bronze age - Viking age)

The Stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Northern Germany and the Baltic states.…

Nyheter: Fant 1.300 år gamle båter, sverd og smykker

Four boat burials and several other burials from the period immediately before the Viking Age were found after a chance metal detector find in…

Salme Ship Burials

Two Viking boat burials dating to c.750 AD were found in Salme, Estonia, when workmen were laying electric cable for a cycle path. The ships contained…