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Viking whistle in the Hunt Museum
A bone whistle with three perforations, listed as possibly ninth or tenth century.
HCA 683
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-683.aspx
HCA 683
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-683.aspx
Viking-Age Knife Handle in the Hunt Museum
A decorated bone knife-handle from the ninth or tenth century, possibly Viking.
HCA 636
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-636.aspx
HCA 636
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-636.aspx
Viking sword in the Hunt Museum
An iron Viking sword with a short blade and a T-shape hilt, 9th or 10th century.
HCA 637
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-637.aspx
HCA 637
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-637.aspx
An Post stamp featuring the Waterford Kite Brooch
An Post stamp issued in 2014 to celebrate the Battle of Clontarf anniversary, and featuring the Waterford Kite Brooch (c.1090) overlaid on a map of Waterford city. The brooch was discovered in excavations in Waterford city, and is a superlative…
An Post stamp featuring a Viking sword
An Post stamp issued in 2014 to celebrate the Battle of Clontarf anniversary, and depicting a tenth-century Viking sword from Christchurch Place, Dublin. The background is an image from the Annals of the Four Masters.
Model of Freydís Eiríksdóttir in the Saga Museum, Reykjavík
A diorama in the Saga Museum, Reykjavík, depicting a pregnant Freydís Eiríksdóttir bearing her breast and striking it with a sword to scare off an attack by the Skrælingjar (native peoples) in Vinland, an episode depicted in Eiríks saga rauða.
Viking ship stage in Bergen
A Viking-ship-themed stage at the National Day celebrations in Bergen, Norway, 2015.
Fountain depicting Thor in Torshälla, Sweden
This fountain depicting Thor riding his chariot pulled by his goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, is located in the centre of the Swedish town Torshälla, whose etymology derives from the elements Tor- (Thor) and -harg (stone alter / place of…
Sun Voyager (Sólfar) sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason
Photo of the Sun Voyager, a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, and unveiled in 1990 near Sæbraut in Reykjavík, Iceland. Though many people assume it to represent a Viking Ship and refer to Norse heritage, the artist's…
Photo of the Royal Mounds at Gamla Uppsala
The three barrows at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, known as the Royal Mounds. This was the site of Sweden's 'thing' (general assembly) during the Viking Age, and the most important religious and political centre in Sweden.
Photo of Reginald's Tower in Waterford
Photograph of Reginald's Tower in Waterford, built in the thirteenth-century on the site of the existing Viking-Age wooden tower, and taking its name from the Hiberno-Norse ruler Ragnall MacGillemaire, son of Ívar. It now houses the the Waterford…
Photo of St Olaf's Wynd Street Sign in Orkney
Photo of the street sign 'Olaf's Wynd' in Kirkwall, Orkney. Wynd is a placename element from the Norse verb venda, meaning 'to turn' or 'to wind'. St Olaf refers to the Norwegian king Ólafr Haraldsson, who reigned from 1015 to 1028 and was…
Eirik the Red's House Reconstructed
A photograph of the reconstructed Viking longhouse at Brattahlid (Norse Brattahlíð) in Greenland.
Sigurd on the Ramsund rock carving
This is Sigurd pictured slaying the dragon Fáfnir on the Ramsund carving (Sö 101), carved in the mid eleventh century. The runic inscription which the scenes from the legend accompany refers to a certain Sigriðr raising a bridge in memory of her…
Statue of Ingólfr Arnarson in Arnarhóll in Reykjavík
Statue by Einar Jónsson erected in 1924 at Arnarhóll in the centre of Reykjavík. It depicts Ingólfr Arnarson, who is named in Landnámabók ('The Book of Settlements') as the first Scandinavian settler in Iceland. He is said to have named…
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