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IHTA: Towns of Viking OriginThe Irish Historic Towns Atlas is now online with a series of pages on towns of Viking origin.
Lancaster City MuseumLancaster City Museum holds a collection of various Viking Age finds including combs and spearheads, as well as other objects found at Heysham.
Tullie House Museum and Art GalleryThe archaeological collection at Tullie House contains the remains of eight pagan inhumations and a selection of Viking Age stray finds.
Norwich Castle Museum and Art GalleryNorwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery contains a selection of artefacts from the early medieval period in its Anglo-Saxon and Viking gallery,…
Derby Museum and Art GalleryDerby Museum contains remains of a Viking man, his sword and other items from teh burial at Repton Church, as well as an early medieval sculpture…
'Truso – the legend of the Baltic Sea' exhibition in the Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg''Truso – the legend of the Baltic Sea' is the title of a new exhibition presented in the Museum of Archaeology and History in Elbląg. Until recently…
FornsalenFornsalen in Visby has displays about the history of Gotland.
Staff from GävleThis staff has been found in Gävle (Gastrikland, Sweden) in a grave in which have been also discovered weaponry and jewellery. It has been made from…
Staff from FuldbyThis iron staff has been found in heavily disturbed grave in Fuldby (Bjernede, Søre, Denmark). The staff has been probably covered with a large…
Mask from HedebyThis mask is one from two exemplars which have been found rolled in a ship discovered in harbour at Hedeby / Haithaby (currently Germany). They have…
Snaptun StoneSnaptun stone is tuyère which protect the bellows from a heat of a blacksmith's forge. It has been found on a beach near Snaptun, Demark. On the stone…
Staff from HemdrupThe Hemdrup staff has been found in a bog at Hemdrup (Næsborg, Jylland, Denmark). It has been made from yew wood and it is 50 cm long. On the staff…
The Last Kingdom | Series TrailerThe year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes, leaving the great kingdom of…
Silver fibulae from DenmarkTwo silver fibulae depicting women. One shows a woman with two plaits in her hair. The other shows an armed person on horseback with an armed woman…
TweezersTweezers were part of every Viking's basic toilet articles.
Time Warp Trio Lesson Plan to accompany the bookThe lesson plan was designed to supplement the reading of the book, "Viking It and Liking It" by Jon Scieszka, which is part of a series of books…
Fra utgravningen av Oseberg 1904 / Historical Photo of the Oseberg Ship ExcavationThe Oseberg ship during excavation in 1904. For a full sized image, see here
Viking Age shield from GokstadA preserved wooden shield with boss from the Gokstad burial.
Arrow headsIron arrow heads
Iron shearsIron shears