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Insignia of Avery County High School, Newland, NC
The shoulder-sleeve and shoulder loop insignia of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) from this high-school in Newland, NC. They feature a viking with winged helmet and a shield with axe and dragon heads. According to the official website,…
Insignia of Northeast High School, Pride, LA
The shoulder-sleeve and shoulder loop insignia of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) from this high-school in Pride, LA. They feature a Viking with horned helmet and red beard. According to the official website, "The Viking is the school's…
Birkaportalen
Birkaportalen gathers together a range of resources about Viking Age Birka and Hovgården.
Boat rivets on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Viking-Age iron boat rivets from Yell, Shetland. Donated by Robbie Arthur, Stromfirth. ARC 1996.242.
Viking Axe-head on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Axe from a man's grave in Whiteness. Donated by Lerwick Town Council. ARC 65381.
Replicas of Viking brooches from Unst on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Brooches from a woman's grave discovered on Unst, on display in Shetland Museum and Archives. These are replicas of the items held in the National Museum of Scotland.
Ring money on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Ring-money from an unknown location in Shetland (donated by Lerwick Town Council) and replica of ring-money from Dunrossness on display in the National Museum of Scotland.
Article about 'Understanding the Heysham Hogback' by Thor Ewing
Online article hosted on the website of writer and historian Thor Ewing giving his take on the tenth-century hogback from Heysham in Lancashire. Hogbacks - seemingly a distinctively Anglo-Norse style of grave marker - are some of the most discussed…
Hjaltland Network: Mapping Viking Age Shetland
The Hjaltland Research Network ran a project to map Viking Age Shetland by digitising and mapping the datasets from different disciplines. It sought to answer the following questions:
– what happened to the pre-Viking population,
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– what happened to the pre-Viking population,
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Cultural Tour of Northern Shetland Map
A map that has been tagged with historical events and mentions, including events from the sagas
Anundshög runestone (Vs 13), Sweden
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 standing stones, which may have marked the route of the 'Eriksgata', a royal procession route…
Blog: Hereward ‘the Wake’ and King Swein Part I
The two parts of a blog post about Svend Estridsen and Hereward the Wake in post-conquest England.
Viking Line Ferry, Stockholm
Swedish ferry line with Viking branding. Operates between Sweden, Finland and Estonia. Photographed in Stockholm.
Double ship-setting at Anundshög, Sweden
A double ship setting at the prehistoric burial mound atAnundshög in Sweden, the largest of 5 ship settings on the site. Many ship settings pre-date the Viking Age, but also occur up to the year 1000AD, and are associated with pre-Christian…
Nazi Propaganda Poster, on display in the Swedish History Museum
The Nazis used the image of the Viking and an appeal to 'Nordic' identity in order to claim common ground with, and recruit from, the occupied countries of Denmark and Norway. Items like this now serve as a sage reminder that Viking 'branding' has…
Runestone (DR 359) in the Swedish History Museum
Rune stone DR 359, with an inscription in runes from the older futhark. Originally from Istaby, Blekinge, and now housed in the Historiska museet.It has been dated to the period 520-570, and is one of the few runestones from this early period.…
Brooch inscribed with runes (G98) on display in the Swedish History Museum
Brooch from Etelhem in Gotland (now in Historiska museet) inscribed with older futhark runes and dating to the period 400-500AD. According to Rundata one reading is as follows: mk mrla wrt(a)a Ek, erilaz, worta. I, the eril, wrought.
The Kylver Stone (G 88)
Photos of the Kylver stone (G 88), one of the few older futhark rune stone inscriptions, dating from c. 400 AD. It consists of a complete older futhark rune row followed by a tree-like rune (probably a repeating Tiwaz rune) and a palindrome 'SUEUS'.…
Re-Painted Runestone (Öl Fv1911;274B) in the Swedish History Museum
Ölands runinskrifter Fv1911;274B, originally from Resmo Church in Öland, and now on display in the Swedish History Museum (Historiska museet). Viking Age. According to Rundata the inscription reads: ...ina ' eftiʀ ' sueinu ' boanta ' sin '…
Lidir Viking- og Bueskytterlag, Lier
Lidir Viking- og Bueskytterlag er laget for hele familien. Her kan barn, unge og voksne finne aktiviteter de liker og konkurere på likefot i bueskyting. Laget formidler vikingenes historie og levesett gjennom håndverkstrasisjoner og historisk…