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Steatite Basin on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Steatite (or Soapstone) basin. These were often imported from Norway and Sweden in the Viking Age. Dunrossness. Donated by Hugh Crawford, Richmond, Surrey. ARC65209
Handled Cup on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Stone cup from Yell. Donated by Robert Tulloch, Lerwick. ARC 7540.
Hanging Lamp on display in Shetland Museum
Hanging lamp, made from stone and of a type known throughout the early medieval world. Unknown parish. Donated by Lerwick Town Council.
Loom weights in Shetland Museum and Archives
Viking-Age loom weights from Unst, Yell, Northmavine, Whalsay, Tingwall, Delting, Aithsting.
Mejlbystenen: Staging a runestone
CAVI proudly presents the interactive staging of the thousand year old runic stone Mejlbystenen, situated at Randers Kulturhistoriske Museum. As part of the MMEx project, the staging was produced in collaboration with the rest of the MMEx consortium…
Can you help us to identify these performers in Viking dress in Kalundborg, Denmark?
Two musicians playing as part of Kalundborg's Harbour Festival in the Kongens Togt series of events in Summer 2016 to commemorate Cnut's conquest of England.
Tug Boat named Svitzer Mjölnir
Tug boat registered to Copenhagen and named Svitzer Mjölnir after Thor's famous hammer. Another tug is named 'Trym' after the giant who stole Thor's hammer. The comic account of the recovery of the hammer is told in the eddic poem 'Þrymskviða'
Tug Boat named Svitzer Trym
Tug boat registered to Copenhagen and named Svitzer Trym after the Norse giant Þrymr, who stole Thor's hammer. The comic account of the recovery of the hammer is told in the eddic poem 'Þrymskviða'
Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasaga
Sheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you can catch up on them all easily.
Wickie und die starken Männer T-Shirt, Heidelberg
Wickie und die starken Männer (or Vicky the Viking) is German-Austrian-Japanese animated television series with the main character Wickie, a small Viking boy who uses his wits to help and outwit the starken Männer. This T-Shirt was photographed in…
Picture stone from Tjängvide, Gotland, Sweden
Tjängvide image stone (G 110) from near Ljugarn, Gotland and housed in the Historiska museet in Stockholm, Sweden. It includes a runic memorial inscription as well as a series of images including the widely reproduced depiction of a figure on an…
Coin from the The Irish National Heritage Park in Wexford showing a Viking ship
Souvenir coin from the Heritage Park featuring a Viking ship. The Heritage park itself features several reconstructed Viking houses.
Pre-Viking openwork disc in the Ashmolean Museum
Openwork disc, copper alloy. Gotland, Sweden 500-700 AD. AN1909.96. Photographed in the Ashmolean Museum