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Stone tools and other archaeological remains from Shengavit, dating from c. 3500-2200 BCE. This settlement is an archaeological site located in Yerevan and is one of Armenia's most important Bronze Age sites.

The prehistoric and ancient settlement of Agarak in what is presently Armenia flourished from the early Bronze Age through the Middle Ages.

Flourishing between 3500-2200 BCE, the Shengavit settlement in present-day Yerevan, Armenia was an important site of prehistoric and Bronze Age habitation in the Near East. Here one can see that dwellings were constructed in circular shapes...

From the sagas, the most famous type of female Viking warrior was the shield maiden who took up arms and fought side by side in battle with the men. Mirroring them in the spiritual world is the Valkyries (whose name literally means choosers...

The period following the collapse of the Mycenaean palatial system (c. 1200–1100 BCE) saw profound demographic and cultural reorganization across the Aegean. During the so-called Greek “Dark Age” (c. 1100–800 BCE), communities fragmented...

Norse-Viking culture is frequently misrepresented in popular media which emphasizes the rugged, militaristic aspect of the people. In reality, Norse culture placed a high value on appearance, personal hygiene, and religious devotion, creating...

Norse mythology refers to the Scandinavian mythological framework that was upheld during and around the time of the Viking Age (c. 790- c. 1100 CE). Complete with a creation myth that has the first gods slaying a giant and turning his body...

Kaupang was a Norwegian Viking Age town with a seasonal emporium established around c. 780 CE and abandoned around c. 950 CE. Kaupang is located on the western side of Oslofjord (Viksfjord) in what is the present-day southeastern county Vestfold...

Runes are letters in the runic alphabets of Germanic-speaking peoples, written and read most prominently from at least c. 160 CE onwards in Scandinavia in the Elder Futhark script (until c. 700 CE) and the Younger Futhark - which illuminated...

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 - and are often...