Viking jewelry: Did you mean...?

Search

Search Results

Viking Age Pin In Borre Style
Image

Viking Age Pin In Borre Style

Viking Age bronze clothing pin (fibula) found in the Viking settlement of Hedeby, heavily decorated in the so-called Borre style (c. 850-late 10th century CE).
Viking Age Trade Routes in North-West Europe
Image

Viking Age Trade Routes in North-West Europe

Map showing some of the Viking Age (c. 790-1100 CE) trade routes that existed in North-West Europe during this time. Among the places depicted are such major trading centres are Hededy, Ribe, Birka and Kaupang...
Viking Age Clothing
Image

Viking Age Clothing

Reconstructions of Viking Age clothing as found on display at the Archaeological Museum in Stavanger, Norway. The woman is wearing a white shift or underdress, a red overdress (hangerock or smokkr) and two characteristically...
Viking Age Oval Brooches
Image

Viking Age Oval Brooches

Two Viking Age oval brooches - also known as tortoise brooches - which were used in a practical way by women to pin up the straps of their overdresses but were often decorated. They came in pairs - one for each dress strap...
Viking Boats at Birka
Image

Viking Boats at Birka

Reconstructed Viking boats near the site of Birka on the island of Björkö in Sweden. Birka was an important trading center and strongly fortified town in the Viking Age which flourished from the 8th through the 10th centuries...
Odin
Definition

Odin

Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the main god in Norse mythology. Described as an immensely wise, one-eyed old man, Odin has by far the most varied characteristics of any of the gods and is not only the deity to call upon when war was being...
Thor
Definition

Thor

Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the Norse god of thunder, the sky, and agriculture. He is the son of Odin, chief of the gods, and Odin's consort Jord (Earth) and husband of the fertility goddess Sif, who is the mother of his son Modi and daughter...
Map of Viking Exploration, 8th-11th Century
Image

Map of Viking Exploration, 8th-11th Century

This map illustrates the sweep of Viking exploration between the late 8th and early 11th centuries, charting longship routes from Scandinavia to the British Isles, Normandy, Iberia, Russia, the Mediterranean...
Viking Longship Replica
Image

Viking Longship Replica

The 'Sea Stallion', a replica based on the remains of the Viking longship known as Skuldelev 2 built in the 11th century CE in Dublin, but found sunk in Roskilde harbour in Denmark. It was around 30 meters long and 3,8 meters...
Carved Viking Head
Image

Carved Viking Head

A detail of the chariot from the Oseberg burial. Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
Support Us Remove Ads