Shellfish, bird and fish bones representing Viking-Age food waste from Ribe. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Mjølner. ‘Extra extra matured’ cheese. You can throw it away, but it’ll come back. From the Asgaard cheese range ‘exclusive to Aldi’. On sale in Denmark (and presumably other countries).
A model of a beggar on the streets of Viking Jorvik. Part of the temporary exhibit Jorvik: Home and Abroad in St Mary’s, Coppergate. Photo taken by Kisha G. Tracy.
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.
A model representing the important trading settlement of Ribe in the Viking Age. Details about the exhibition can be found at http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/en/
Models of Norse townspeople on the streets of Viking Jorvik. Part of the temporary exhibit Jorvik: Home and Abroad in St Mary’s, Coppergate. Photos taken by Kisha G. Tracy.