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Museum: The Collection, Lincoln, UKThe Collection in Lincoln offers Viking workshops for schools as well as loan boxes that can be taken back to the classroom for the students to…
Facebook Group: Viking Lands: A History of ExplorationA Facebook group for those interested in the Vikings. The site is run by Heather D. Linnett.
Facebook Group: Viking Lands: Tours and TourismA Facebook group for those interested in the Vikings, focusing on tours, tourism and photography. Run by Heather D. Linnett
Photo of the Northern Burial Mound at JellingThere are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The North Mound is known as Thyra's Mound, and was most likely the original burial place of…
Photos of the Southern Burial Mound at JellingThere are two large burial mounds at Jelling in Denmark. The South Mound is known as Gorm's Mound, and is empty. It was probably constructed in the…
Photos of Jelling Kirke in DenmarkToday’s Jelling Church is a Romanesque masonry church, built around 1100 on the site of Harald Bluetooth’s original church from the 900s AD. In 2000,…
Photos of Rune stone DR 41 at JellingPhoto of the older of the two Jelling stones, raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The English translation on the Samnordisk…
Photo of Side A of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingPhoto of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and mother,…
Reconstruction of Side A of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingA reconstruction of Side A of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #278 for a photo of the original
Photo of Side B of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingPhoto of Side B of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and…
Reconstruction of Side B of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingA reconstruction of Side B of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #280 for a photo of the original
Photo of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingPhoto of Side C of the younger of the two Jelling rune stones (DR 42), raised by Harald Bluetooth (who died in 985 or 986) in memory of his father and…
Reconstruction of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at JellingA reconstruction of Side C of Rune stone DR 42 at Jelling. See item #280 for a photo of the original
Modern rune stone by Erik the Red Sandquist at JellingPhotos of a brightly painted modern rune stone outside the Kongernes Jelling Museum. It was carved by Erik the Red Sandquist, a professional rune…
Items from the North Mound in the Kongernes Jelling MuseumItems, including gilded bronze mounts for harness straps, and a reconstruction of a bird strap end discovered in excavations of the North mound in…
Rediscovering the Vikings: 1st Call for PapersFirst call for papers for Rediscovering the Vikings
Rediscovering the Vikings: 2nd Call for PapersSecond call for papers for the Rediscovering the Vikings conference
Salme Ship BurialsTwo Viking boat burials dating to c.750 AD were found in Salme, Estonia, when workmen were laying electric cable for a cycle path. The ships contained…
Gol stave churchStave church, originally from Gol, Hallingdal, Norway, now in the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History, Oslo.
A reconstructed longhouse at FyrkatReconstruction of a longhouse at the Viking Age ring fort of Fyrkat