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An exhaustive reassessment of the brutal ritual challenges the received wisdom that the ‘blood eagle’ was a medieval invention.
Viking camps across western Europe were carefully planned and organised venues, offering their occupants much more than just a place to safely rest their heads.
Archaeologists and historians are revealing the facts behind the Viking raids, which are celebrated with a fiesta every August.
During the European Middle Ages, parts of the world experienced warming similar to that between 1960 to 1990. But the rising temperatures we’re observing now are global and exceed the past record.
Netflix is making a live action series based on Assassin’s Creed. With its promise of endless return and varied historical settings, the game has been an enduring success.
Stephen of Tournai wanted Denmark to pay damages for Viking raids on France three centuries before.
The allure of novel goods was so strong that it triggered 1,000 years of trade and interactions among people from different places, but there were limits on globalization then that no longer exist,
The Viking world was as much populated by missionary kings, bishops and saints as it was by raiders, gods and giants.
Vikings may have helped turn around Ireland’s declining population.
The Viking Age but not as you know it.
The Vikings have become synonymous with voyages and violence, but a new exhibition at the Melbourne Museum demonstrates their domestic and spiritual side.
Early Vikings wouldn’t understand nationalism – the secret to their success was to embrace other cultures.
The sun was worshiped as a deity in many cultures – and witnessing it get extinguished could be a particularly terrifying event.
How a widow battled back against the Vikings and became one of the most powerful figures in Britain.
Somehow the sword Excalibur becomes the central character in this laddish remake of the Arthurian legend.
What the Old Norse for Viking can tell us about the Scandinavian explorers.
Trump would not have had a great time navigating the political intrigue presented in the Icelandic Sagas.
New research suggests his military achievements might have been exaggerated.
Orkney’s ultra-high incidence has been linked to the weak northern sun. So how come the more northern Shetlands are less afflicted?
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Research Development Coordinator, Yukon University; University of Suffolk
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Postdoctoral researcher in genetics, University of Leicester
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Professor, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Lecturer of Archaeology, University of York
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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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Senior Teaching Fellow, Medieval and Early Modern English and European Literature, University of Warwick
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Senior Lecturer of Archaeology, Durham University
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Impact Research Fellow, University of Stirling
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Post-doctoral Research Associate in the UHI Centre for Nordic Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands
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Associate Professor, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW
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Professor of Applied Biochemistry, University of Nottingham
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Teaching Fellow of Archaeology, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Archaeological Heritage, University of Chester