Archaeologists scrutinizing two groups of runestones from Denmark have determined the name ‘Thyra’ mentioned in the two inscriptions refers to the same woman: Queen Thyra, wife of Gorm the Old, and ...
The Vikings are often portrayed as illiterate, uncultured barbarians who evinced more interest in plunder than in poetry. In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood ...
The Viking Age left an indelible mark on Scandinavia, influencing national borders, shaping a seafaring culture, and birthing legends that remain influential to this day. It also left a material mark ...
When Lene Brandt and her husband, Anders Nielsen, were preparing to tear up the linoleum floors in the kitchen in their home in the village of Mosekær, in Denmark, they probably expected the normal ...
The discovery, made near the remote town of Wawa and possibly the longest runic inscription in North America, has both ...
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An analysis of Viking rune stones in Denmark revealed the power of a Viking queen, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Antiquity Hundreds of Viking monuments dot Denmark’s coastal ...
In the remote Swedish countryside, a 1,000-year-old stone slab stands raised by the side of a road. Chiseled onto it, a message has been carved in runes — symbols that served as letters in the ancient ...
Learn how a buried runestone near Wawa, Ontario, may date to the 1800s and preserve North America’s longest runic inscription ...
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