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Viking hammer pin in the Hunt Museum
An iron hammer pin, Viking, possibly ninth or tenth century.
HCA 639
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-639.aspx
HCA 639
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-639.aspx
Viking bone comb in the Hunt Museum
Single-edged, decorated bone comb from the Viking Age. Held in the Hunt Museum Collections.
HCA 592
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-592.aspx
HCA 592
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-592.aspx
Silver neck ring in the Hunt Museum
Viking silver neck ring described as having woven strands and knobbed terminals. Dating to the tenth or eleventh centuries. Held in the Hunt Museum Collections.
HCA 452
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-452.aspx
HCA 452
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-452.aspx
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
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…
Photograph of the Lilleberge Brooch
The Lilleberge Brooch was discovered in 2014 by the British Museum, in organic material from the Lilleberge excavations, conducted in the nineteenth century. The item is held in the British Museum.
The Vinland Map
The Vinland Map is a mappa mundi that depicts Vinland, the Viking name for America. It first came to light in 1957 when it was offered for sale by an anonymous private library. It was thought to date from the mid-fifteenth century, and to be based on…
Viking House Sign in Lindfield, Sussex
Sign adorning 'Viking Cottage', a Grade II listed building on Lindfield High Street dating to the seventeenth century
Detail of Yggrasill from the Överhogdal tapestries
Detail of Yggdrasill from the Överhogdal tapestries, produced during the Viking Age and re-discovered in 1909 in Överhogdal Church.
Illustration of Yggdrasill from AM 738 4to
Detail from an illustration of Yggdrasil on fol. 43r of the 17th century Icelandic manuscript AM 738 4to (the Edda oblongata), housed in The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík, Iceland. The manuscript…
UVic Vikes (The University of Victoria Vikings)
The sports teams of the University of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) are called Vikings, more commonly now 'Vikes'. Their mascot is a blond Viking called Thunder with a horned helmet, and their logo is a horned helmet (or a plain V). Their old…
Blog: St Olaf - our other saint
A blog post about St Olaf and discussion of which church may have given Kirkwall its name.
The Orkney Viking Heritage Project (website)
Website showcasing work produced by PhDs on the AHRC-funded Orkney Viking Heritage Project.
The Orkney Viking Heritage Project was a training programme for PhD students and early career researchers in the field of Old Norse-Icelandic and Viking…
The Orkney Viking Heritage Project was a training programme for PhD students and early career researchers in the field of Old Norse-Icelandic and Viking…
The Viking Trade Board Game
Illustration for board game for 8-12 year old children, based around Viking trade routes and networks. You can print this game out to play it.
Viking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme
Viking and Medieval Norse Studies is a two-year (120 ECTS credits) Nordic Master's Programme run by the University of Iceland in cooperation with Aarhus University (Denmark), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Oslo (Norway), and the…
King Cnut and the Conquest of England
This website is a 'virtual exhibition', created as a collaboration between staff and students at UCL, Birkbeck College, and the University of Oxford. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the 1000th anniversary of Cnut's accession to the English…
Viking Age Sword from Haukeli
During a fishing trip in 2012, Gøran Olsen discovered something between stones at Haukeli. The find is now at the University Museum, and appeared to be a single-edged Viking sword with an estimated date in the first half of the Viking Age…
University Museum of Bergen
The University Museum of Bergen houses a Viking Age exhibition based on excavations at Ytre Moa in Årdal, Sogn, Norway