Viking artifacts

Celtic, Anglo Saxon and Viking hair combs

CIRCA 900 A.D.

Viking era horns from the National Museum in Reykjavik

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Viking Picture Stones Explained (Part 1 of 2). The legacy that the Vikings left us is not only the artifacts of Viking ships or axe but also pictorial and literal sources. Such priceless traditional materials can give us a vivid account of what happened during the Viking age, especially the Viking belief in Norse Pantheon. Indeed, we might catch sight of many Viking picture stones but surely we find it hard to understand what is portrayed on the stones. Fear not because this blog post will…

Ancient coin Vikings

We have chosen our favourite fifteen Viking artefacts from the exhibition at the British Museum, People have been baffled by the lack of shiny things...

What is it? Sword Culture Viking Date First half of the 11th century a.d. Material […]

Oslo Sword Museum

Artifacts from viking’s ship burial in Steinkjer, Norway. C. 10th century AD Source: https://imgur.com/gkRm2rG

The Vikings are chiefly known today as warriors - brute, gruff, and ruthless. And while many archaeological finds from the Viking era do back that up, ...

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Have you held the sword? Have you felt its weight? Have you felt how sharp and strong the blade is? A deadly weapon and symbol of power -- jewellery for a man, with 'magical properties'. The sword gave power to the warrior, but the warrior's strength could also be transferred to the sword. That is how they were bound together: man and weapon, warrior and sword.

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The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Neuenburgersee in Switzerland, where a rich cache of artifacts was discovered by Hansli Kopp in 1857. La Tène culture developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from 450 BCE to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BCE) in Belgium, eastern France, Switzerland, Austria, Southern Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Romania.

Date: 600–650. Culture: Vendel. Medium: Copper alloy, gilt. Dimensions: Overall: 1 5/8 x 3/8 in. (4.1 x 0.9 cm). Classification: Metalwork-Copper. Credit ...