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Five carved animal heads were found in the Oseberg burial. One of these is too damaged to be displayed. Some of the heads were found with rope running…

Example of animated rune stone at Haithabu/Hedeby Viking Museum, Schleswig, Germany. The exhibited runestone features a simple animation with a voice…

These sherbet glasses are part of the Viking range produced by the Dema Glass company in Chesterfield, England (no longer in operation). Their logo…

Antler Buckle from Fishamble Street. E190:6273

Antler double-sided comb from High Street (E71:13196) and antler comb case from Christchurch Place (E122:14135).

Antler comb from Fishamble Street. Viking Age. E172:14480.

The official home page for Anundshög, Sweden’s largest prehistoric burial mound, and Viking Age ship setting.

Rune stone next to the burial mounds and ship setting at Anundshög, c. 1000–1050. The rune stone was raised at the culmination of a row of…

Anundshög Runestone and Burial Mound

Anundshög Ship Setting

Anundshög, Västerås. Sveriges största gravhög.

(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions…

An advert for cream cheese cubes featuring Vikings. This shows that Vikings can be appropriated for almost anything

Advert for cheese cubes with Vikings

TV series from NRK about Norway's Viking Age and medieval past with Arne Hjeltnes and Frode Iversen.

Iron arrow heads

On the photo are (from upper left corner):

- miniature spearhead;
- miniature lead anchor;
- Thor's hammer;
- awl with handle made of polished…

Discussion of the runes in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from Nytt om runer 14 (1999), 26-27

Online article hosted on the website of writer and historian Thor Ewing giving his take on the tenth-century hogback from Heysham in Lancashire.…

Article by Colm Moriarty in the blog 'Irish Archaeology' about the Ballynolan Thistle Brooch in the collections of the MAA in Cambridge.

Vikings are a popular topic for comics, and this article discusses twelve comics with a Viking theme.

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