This mysterious Viking-age hoard lay buried for more than a millenium. Unearthed by an amateur metal detectorist, it is now on show in Sydney.
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From the 750s on, the Vikings’ advanced shipbuilding technology helped give them the edge.
The discovery of the oldest recorded mention of the Norse god Odin pushes the age of this deity back at least 150 years.
The gaping maws and great belch of the Norse ‘hafgufa’ may well have been a humpback whale simply engaging in trap-feeding.
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Associate Professor in Medieval Literature and Language, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer in Maritime Archaeology, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor in Creative Writing and English Literature, Researcher in Old Norse Literature, Flinders University
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Professor of English, Macquarie University