Viking: Did you mean...?

Reenactors bring childhood in the Viking Age to life, 2012. Archeon, Alphen aan den Rijn.

Viking Whalebone Plaque, in the shape of two dragons facing each other with details added on one side of the plaque. It is also decorated with dotted circles and geometric designs. Found in a boat burial. The function of these whalebone plaques...

The Vikings did not use fishing reels or poles. Instead, they tied hooks to a fishing line made from sheep, cow, or walrus intestines, then pulled the fish up by hand. On a small rowing boat out on the open ocean, this was a very dangerous...

A 10th Century CE steel sword, likely made in Scandinavia. The high quality of the pattern-welded steel blade, and beautiful decoration on the hilt, indicates that it was owned by a high status warrior. Steel blade, decorated with copper...

Bone/antler comb from Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden. The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.

Gilt copper alloy oval brooch is composed of two pieces dating from the 10th century and found in Norrtälje, Sweden. The British Museum, London. The first piece is an upper shell with cast animal interlace decoration and four bird head...

A stone from Gotland depicting a Viking drinking scene. (Swedish Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm)

The Vikings were originally diverse Scandinavian seafarers from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (though other nationalities were later involved) whose raids and subsequent settlements significantly impacted the cultures of Europe and were felt...

In 2017 CE, Uppsala University archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson published her study of a Viking grave discovered in Birka, Sweden in the 1800's CE which she and her team had revisited. She claimed that what was formerly understood...

Archaeologist and leading Viking specialist, Neil Price, looks at how Vikings are portrayed in popular films and TV shows.