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Review: Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014)

A group of Vikings who had been driven from their homeland were shipwrecked off the Scottish coast in 873....

Viking Ecology: Man and the Environment in the Viking Age

"Iceland is the only country in Europe that has been completely destroyed by human activity." Such a statement may...

The Ships of the Vikings

Without Viking ships, the Viking Age would not have existed. They did not bring Scandinavians to plunder in the...

Into the ocean. Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North

In The Book of Icelanders, the first work on the history of Iceland from the 1120s, its author Ari...

Viking Age Longhouse Discovered in Central Reykjavík

In the middle of Iceland's capital city, Reykjavík, the remains of a large Viking Age longhouse were unexpectedly discovered...

Large Viking Hall Found in Sweden

Near Vadstena in Östergötland in southern Sweden, archaeologists have uncovered a large Viking Age hall, Stockholm University recently reported...

The Many Ghosts of Chingle Hall

Chingle Hall is, in addition to being the oldest inhabited brick building, one of Britain's most haunted structures. The...