Vikings  

In the News . . .

• Did Vikings drag ships over land to avoid choppy Scottish waters? -- BBCNews (15 October 2024)
  
  
• Did Vikings Drink Coffee? Exciting Java Journeys of Norse Warriors! -- Tim Sutton (31 October 2023)
  
  
• What did the Vikings eat? -- BBCTravel (20 June 2023)
  
  
• Viking sunstone -- The Generalist Academy (25 February 2022)
  
  
• British or Irish reached remote Faroe Islands before Vikings -- BBCNews (16 December 2021)
  
  
• Why Vikings weren't who we thought they were -- BBCreel (08 November 2021)
  
  
• Vikings Were in the Americas Exactly 1,000 Years Ago -- The New York Times (20 October 2021)
  
  
• Yale Says Its Vinland Map, Once Called a Medieval Treasure, Is Fake -- The New Yorker (05 October 2021)
  
  
• Viking beauty kits and Neanderthal contouring: the secret history of male beauty -- The Guardian (25 August 2021)
  
  
• VIKING WATERWAY -- Summary of Article by Karl Hoenke & Myron Paine [Ancient Emigrations To America](n.d.)
  
  
• 1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader -- The Guardian (09 August 2021)
  
  
• Did Vikings Use Crystals To Navigate The High Seas? -- The Vintage News (10June 2021)
  
  
• Did the Vikings use the sunstone for navigation? -- (20:18 min.; 30 May 2021)
  
  
• Viking Sunstone – Iceland Spar -- NORDIC CULTURE (25 May 2021)
  
  
• The female Viking warrior -- BBCreel (17 March 2021)
  
  
• Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization -- CNNtravel (26 November 2020)
  
  
• The Vikings Were More Complicated Than You Might Think -- The New York Times (16 September 2020)
  
  
• 'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts -- The Guardian (16 April 2020)
  
  
• Spells, threats, and dragons: The secret messages of Viking runestones -- Jesse Byock (20 February 2020)
  
  
• Whisky Knows Her Toys -- The New York Times (20 February 2020)
  
  
• Meet Erika the Red: Viking women were warriors too, say scientists -- The Guardian (02 November 2019)
  
  
• Viking city: excavation reveals urban pioneers not violent raiders -- The Guardian (20 November 2018)
  
  
• Commuting with the ghosts of pirate Vikings -- BBCcapital (01 May 2018)
  
  
• Virtual reality brings ninth century Viking invaders' camp to life -- The Guardian, Art and design (17 May 2017)
  
  
• New Viking Graves Discovered in Denmark -- ScienceNordic (31 August 2016)
  
  
• ’Twas Dangerous to Insult a Viking -- ScienceNordic (19 August 2016)
  
  
• Creating a Smoother Ride in 1000 AD: A New Study Suggests a Link between Vikings and Ambling Horses [contains a number of articles] -- The Scout Report, August 12, 2016, Volume 22, Number 31
  
  
• Experimentation Suggests Vikings Could Have Used Sunstone to Navigate -- Phys.org (27 July 2016)
  
  
• Mighty Viking Ax Discovered in Tomb of Medieval 'Power Couple' -- LiveScience (21 July 2016)
  
  
  • Photos: 10th-Century Viking Tomb Unearthed in Denmark -- LiveScience (21 July 2016)
    
    
• Vikings Abused and Beheaded Their Slaves -- ScienceNordic (18 July 2016)
  
  
• Viking Ship on Epic Journey Hits $400K Snag -- Newser (13 July 2016)
  
  
• Danish Viking Grave Reveals Archaeological Mysteries -- ScienceNordic (05 July 2016)
  
  
• Unique Viking Tomb Contains Remains of Noble Couple -- ScienceNordic (26 June 2016)
  
  
• Body in Well Confirms Viking Saga -- Past Horizons (10 June 2016)
  
  
• Replica Viking Ship Will Recreate Norse Voyages in Greenland -- ScienceNordic (30 May 2016)
  
  
• What Secrets Are Hiding in These Runes? [the Rök runestone] -- ScienceNordic (17 May 2016)
  
  
• Did the Medieval Warm Period welcome Vikings to Greenland? -- EARTH (09 May 2016)
  
  
• Paleoscatologists Dig Up Stools 'as Precious as the Crown Jewels' -- Guardian (12 May 2016)
  
  
• New Interpretation of the Rök Runestone Inscription Changes View of Viking Age -- ScienceDaily (02 May 2016)
  
  
• New evidence of Viking life in America? -- BBCNews (01 May 2016)
  
  
• Searching for the Vikings: 3 Sites Possibly Found in Canada -- LiveScience (18 April 2016)
  
  
  • In Photos: Viking Outposts Possibly Found in Canada -- LiveScience (18 April 2016)
    
    
• Viking Invaders Struck Deep Into the West of England – and May Have Stuck Around -- Conversation (18 April 2016)
  
  
• Vikings May Have First Taken to Seas to Find Women, Slaves -- Science (15 April 2016)
  
  
• Where the Vikings Voyaged – Interactive Map -- Heritage Daily2 (07 April 2016)
  
  
• Discovery Could Rewrite History of Vikings in New World -- National Geographic News (31 March 2016)
  
  
• Pictures: An Elite Viking’s Prized Possessions -- National Geographic News (23 March 2016)
  
  
• From Genes to Latrines: Vikings and Their Worms Provide Clues to Emphysema -- ScienceDaily (04 February 2016)
  
  
• Did the Vikings Use Crystal ‘Sunstones’ to Discover America? -- Conversation (29 January 2016)
  
  
• Viking Symbols of Travel, Prestige and Adventure -- Past Horizons (30 September 2015)
  
  
• Archaeological Breakthrough Could Solve the Mystery of Greenland’s Vikings -- ScienceNordic (24 September 2015)
  
  
• Archaeologists Find Viking Families Among Skeletons in Northern Iceland -- Forbes (10 August 2015)
  
  
• Christian Cemetery From Viking Age Iceland Reveals Strenuous Lives And Early Deaths -- Forbes (27 July 2015)
  
  
• Viking Raiding Wasn’t Just About the Booty -- Past Horizons (27 July 2015)
  
  
• The last Viking and his 'magical' sword? -- ScienceDaily (14 July 2015)
  
  
• See Where the Vikings Travelled -- ScienceNordic (25 June 2015)
  
  
• Hunt for Viking DNA Among Normandy Residents Riles Anti-Racism Activists -- Guardian (15 June 2015)
  
  
• Orkney Islanders Are 25 Percent Norwegian -- ScienceNordic (22 May 2015)
  
  
• Vikings Didn't Just Raid, They Traded Too -- Smithsonian (22 May 2015)
  
  
• Money, Not Conquest, Triggered The Viking Age -- Science 2.0 (07 May 2015)
  
  
• Fashionable Vikings Loved Colours, Fur, and Silk -- ScienceNordic (06 May 2015)
  
  
• Greenland Vikings Outlived Climate Change for Centuries -- ScienceNordic (05 April 2015)
  
  
• Vikings Were More Trade and Bling Than Rape and Pillage, Museum Shows -- Guardian (20 March 2015)
  
  
• Ancient ring brings Vikings and Islamic civilizations closer together -- ScienceNordic (19 March 2015)
  
  
• DNA Study: Vikings Were Plagued by Intestinal Parasites -- ScienceNordic (05 January 2015)
  
  
• Vikings Were Experts in Recycling and Reclamation -- Irish Examiner (27 August 2014)
  
  
• Secrets of the Viking Sun-Compass -- After Dark -- Discovery News (25 March 2014)
  
  
• Vikings: Life and Legend Review – A Stirring Tale of Shock and Oar -- Guardian (08 Maarch 2014)
  
  
• Mysterious Code in Viking Runes Is Cracked -- ScienceNordic (05 February 2014)
  
  
• Viking Graves Yield Grisly Find: Sacrificed Slaves -- LiveScience (30 October 2013)
  
  
• Prosperous Vikings Whitewashed Their Walls -- ScienceDaily (13 October 2013)
  
  
• Vikings May Have Been More Social Than Savage -- ScienceDaily (01 September 2013)
  
  
• Irish Weights Were a Key Viking Age Trading Tool -- ScienceNordic (13 September 2013)
  
  
• Viking Jewelry Unearthed in Denmark -- Discovery News (25 July 2013)
  
  
• New North America Viking Voyage Discovered -- LiveScience (05 June 2013)
  
  
• Dealing with the Doldrums on a Viking Voyage -- ScienceNordic (23 April 2013)
  
  
• Time to Revise Our View of Viking Ships? -- ScienceNordic (21 April 2013)
  
  
• Vikings Flaunted Foreign Bling -- ScienceNordic (03 April 2013)
  
  
• Obsessed with the Good and Bad of ‘Vikings’ -- LiveScience (18 March 2013)
  
  
• First Evidence of Viking-Like 'Sunstone' Found -- Past Horizons (11 March 2013)
  
  
• Sunstone Unearthed From Shipwreck -- Science (05 March 2013)
  
  
• The Viking Sunstone Revealed? -- Science (11 November 2011)