Archaeologists in Iceland have for decades examined the remains of more than 350 graves from the Viking Age. In approximately 150 examples, teeth or bones of horses were found. Geneticists and archaeologists have now examined ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 2, 2019
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If you want to know anything about the Viking Age, Ribe, in west Denmark, is the place to go.
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2018
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Popular culture portrays Vikings as violent marauders who raided the coasts of Europe with impunity, but new research indicates the Vikings were vulnerable to at least one threat: a changing climate.
Archaeology
Aug 28, 2018
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Odense, birth place of Hans Christian Andersen, is at least 100 years older than previously thought, say two Danish archaeologists.
Archaeology
Jul 24, 2018
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Green is the colour of hope, white symbolises surrender or innocence, and black binds the living to the dead.
Archaeology
Jun 19, 2018
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In a study published today, scientists at deCODE Genetics report new findings about the founding of the Icelandic population, and its subsequent evolution, based on ancient DNA. The study appears today in the online edition ...
Archaeology
May 31, 2018
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A team of archaeologists, led by Cat Jarman from the University of Bristol's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, has discovered that a mass grave uncovered in the 1980s dates to the Viking Age and may have been a ...
Archaeology
Feb 2, 2018
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Modern mathematical techniques - similar to those used to analyse social-networking websites - have allowed academics to shed new light on a centuries old debate surrounding the Viking age in Ireland and the famous battle ...
Mathematics
Jan 23, 2018
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What was supposed to be a simple excavation to allow for the expansion of a church cemetery turned into a treasure trove of historic artefacts, including a decorative fitting from a book "imported" by Vikings from Ireland.
Archaeology
Dec 14, 2017
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The word "Viking" entered the Modern English language in 1807, at a time of growing nationalism and empire building. In the decades that followed, enduring stereotypes about Vikings developed, such as wearing horned helmets ...
Archaeology
Sep 28, 2017
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