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A chalk mural decorating the interior of one of the larger reconstructed townhouses in Ribe VikingCenter (the Thing-Hall)and telling the history of the Vikings in Ribe. It was produced using authentic materials and techniques by artist Trine Theut in…

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Mural by artist Axel Revold in the National Library (Nasjonalbiblioteket) at Henrik Ibsens gate 110, Oslo. It depicts the Norns and the World-Tree. It was painted in 1933 by artist Axel Revold, who revived the art of mural painting in Norway.

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The Musée d'Archéologie nationale offers a range of material to explore, including some Viking Age artefacts.

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The Museum of London has an online collection with photographs of Viking Age artefacts. This item is a search in the collection for these artefacts.

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Museet er et af landets største lokalhistoriske museer med udstillinger i museumsbygninger i Grenaa, Ebeltoft og Randers.

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The Collection in Lincoln offers Viking workshops for schools as well as loan boxes that can be taken back to the classroom for the students to handle.

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The largest of five mounds at Myklebust, Nordfjordeid, Sogn og Fjordane in Norway contained the remains of the largest Viking Age ship found in Norway. It was excavated in 1874 by Anders Lorange, just 14 years before he died. Excavators found the…

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Database of illustrations of Old Norse mythology, as well as scenes of Old Norse paganism and the Conversion period, from manuscripts and early print sources. 450 images as of May 2024.

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Engraving service in Shetland incorporating a Viking ship in their branding.

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Cáit age 3 on Viking boat at Ferrycarrig Irish Heritage Park Wexford

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The National Museum of Denmark is Denmark's state museum. It oversees various other museums around Denmark and has a digital collection that can be searched.

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A rack of naturally-dyed wool showing the range of colours that Viking Age clothes could have come in. The Vikings are known to have liked colourful clothes, and this photographs demonstrates what could be achieved with the technology they…

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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…

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Many of the streets in this central area of Reykjavík are named after the Norse Gods. The first street to be named was Óðinsgata in the early twentieth century.

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The Nerthus Project aims at compiling a lexicon of Old English based on structural-functional principles. This involves the synthesis of the knowledge generated by a long tradition of philological studies in Old English and its reinterpretation not…

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A website about Vikings with the author's views on a range of topics related to them.

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Science and experience center called Sagastad is being built at Nordfjordeid, Norway, and will feature a full-size reconstruction of the Myklebust ship.

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From the Inrap website:

Des récits palpitants qui racontent deux siècles et demi de conquêtes et d’histoire du monde sur trois continents. Écrit par Vincent Carpentier, archéologue à l’Inrap et illustré par Jeff Pourquié. Une…

St Colmac's Church with Cnoc an Rath in the left middle ground
New research has identified a possible Viking thing (parliament) site on Bute in the Hebrides. It is suggested that Ketill flatnose may have been associated with it.
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