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Steatite Basin on display in Shetland Museum and ArchivesSteatite (or Soapstone) basin. These were often imported from Norway and Sweden in the Viking Age. Dunrossness. Donated by Hugh Crawford, Richmond,…
Handled Cup on display in Shetland Museum and ArchivesStone cup from Yell. Donated by Robert Tulloch, Lerwick. ARC 7540.
Hanging Lamp on display in Shetland MuseumHanging lamp, made from stone and of a type known throughout the early medieval world. Unknown parish. Donated by Lerwick Town Council.
Loom weights in Shetland Museum and ArchivesViking-Age loom weights from Unst, Yell, Northmavine, Whalsay, Tingwall, Delting, Aithsting.
Mejlbystenen: Staging a runestoneCAVI proudly presents the interactive staging of the thousand year old runic stone Mejlbystenen, situated at Randers Kulturhistoriske Museum. As part…
Can you help us to identify these performers in Viking dress in Kalundborg, Denmark?Two musicians playing as part of Kalundborg's Harbour Festival in the Kongens Togt series of events in Summer 2016 to commemorate Cnut's conquest of…
Tug Boat named Svitzer MjölnirTug boat registered to Copenhagen and named Svitzer Mjölnir after Thor's famous hammer. Another tug is named 'Trym' after the giant who stole Thor's…
Tug Boat named Svitzer TrymTug boat registered to Copenhagen and named Svitzer Trym after the Norse giant Þrymr, who stole Thor's hammer. The comic account of the recovery of…
Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasagaSheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you…
Orkney Runic Fudge
Statue of Rögnvaldr in St Magnus Cathedral
St Magnus Street sign with St Magnus Cathedral in Background
Thorfin Place Street Sign, Kirkwall
Skull-Splitter Souvenir T-Shirt, Orkney
Resting Place of St Magnus, Kirkwall
Orkneyinga saga trail information board, Kirkwall
Wickie und die starken Männer T-Shirt, HeidelbergWickie und die starken Männer (or Vicky the Viking) is German-Austrian-Japanese animated television series with the main character Wickie, a small…
Picture stone from Tjängvide, Gotland, SwedenTjängvide image stone (G 110) from near Ljugarn, Gotland and housed in the Historiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden. It includes a runic memorial…
Coin from the The Irish National Heritage Park in Wexford showing a Viking shipSouvenir coin from the Heritage Park featuring a Viking ship. The Heritage park itself features several reconstructed Viking houses.
Pre-Viking openwork disc in the Ashmolean MuseumOpenwork disc, copper alloy. Gotland, Sweden 500-700 AD. AN1909.96. Photographed in the Ashmolean Museum