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Icelandic Drinking Horn Changes Our Historic Understanding of Saint Olav
After the Reformation, Norway's Olav Haraldsson was no longer supposed to be ... saint's status changed over time. After the Reformation, Norway's Olav Haraldsson was no longer supposed to be ... Reformation in the 1500s. The Protestant Reformation in Norway-Denmark is dated at 1537 and marks the time when the ...
ancient-origins - 29/03/2017 - 01:58
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From Exile to Exploration: The Saga of Erik the Red
... sagas, he was born in 950 AD in Jaeren, part of Rogaland, Norway. While nothing is known about his mother we know his ... when Erik was around ten years old, he was banished from Norway after committing manslaughter. Thorvald chose to start afresh and take his family west from Norway and settle in Iceland. This was a challenging ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/03/2024 - 22:01
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Settlement of Iceland: Viking Hrafna-Flóki’s Real Journey
... Before Viking Hrafna-Flóki Settlement The Vikings of Norway , Sweden , and Denmark – and all Norse colonies – ... to the west, about 670 kilometers (420 miles) west of Norway. Sailing such distances in traditional Viking ... resources, were quickly settled by many emigrants from Norway and other Norse communities. And once the Vikings were ...
Aleksa Vučković - 17/07/2020 - 23:00
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Gold Ring Found in a Pile of Cheap Costume Jewelry Belonged to a Viking Chief!
... artifacts from the Viking Age. Mari Ingelin Heskestad of Norway, browsing online for jewelry, bought a jumbled ... which further reinforced its elite status, reports Science Norway . “Gold was a valuable and expensive material in the ... Ring . Available at: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/norway-jewelry-ring-viking-2144408 . Bergstrom, I. 2022. This ...
Sahir - 11/07/2022 - 14:57
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Stunning Celtic Horse Harness Became Treasured Brooch of Norwegian Viking Woman
... farm, at the outermost part of the Trondheim Fjord in mid-Norway, buried as a status symbol in the grave of a Viking ... of Historical Studies, works with finds brought to Norway during the Viking age and verifies what the popular TV series shows, “A housewife in Mid-Norway probably received the fitting as a gift from a family ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 20/12/2016 - 22:02
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The Amazing Hoddøya Bronze Age Spear – A Gift to the Gods
... BC, Hoddøya, an island in the Namsen Fjord in Central Norway: A tall man with long gray hair wearing a bear claw ... 872 BC, Hoddøya, an island in the Namsen Fjord in Central Norway : A tall man with long gray hair wearing a bear claw ... This is the only Bronze Age spearhead mold found in Norway. Did the Viking Age Really Start on 8 June 793 AD? ...
ancient-origins - 26/07/2018 - 01:57
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Late Viking Age Grave Imitating A Roman Age Grave, Not Just Allusion to Power
A grave found in Late Viking Age eastern Norway looks uncannily similar to one of the most immaculate graves from the Roman Age in Norway, from the Hunn burial site in Østfold. A grave found in Late Viking Age eastern Norway looks uncannily similar to one of the most immaculate ...
Sahir - 20/10/2022 - 15:00
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Old Norse Mystery: What Do the Couples Depicted on Thousands of Miniature Gold Amulets Symbolize?
... was discovered on the Åker farm near Hamar in Eastern Norway – one of many thousands only found in ... was discovered on the Åker farm near Hamar in Eastern Norway – one of many thousands only found in Scandinavia. ... could have been a Norse temple at Vingrom in Eastern Norway, about thirty miniature gold amulets were discovered ...
ancient-origins - 10/11/2017 - 13:51
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The Toy Boat that Sailed the Seas of Time
... the residents of a tiny farmstead on the coast of central Norway filled an old well with dirt. Maybe the water dried ... of the dig itself. Ørland is a rectangle of land on Norway's outer coast that looks like the head of a seahorse ... Ocean. But it didn't always look this way. Consider this: Norway was once covered with kilometres of ice during the ...
ancient-origins - 28/02/2017 - 01:54
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Global Warming Reveals Amazing Glacier Artifacts from Switzerland’s Ancient Past
... the Ice: Ancient Arrowheads Found Via Melting Glaciers in Norway Ancient artifacts and human remains surface as ... and boots. Archaeologists uncover 1300-year-old ski in Norway Hunters Find Striking Viking Sword Isolated at High Altitude in Norway Did Ötzi the Iceman Actually Freeze to Death? Boots ...
Ed Whelan - 20/10/2018 - 23:03
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Archaeologists Find Evidence of an Ancient Trading Site from Norse Legends
... along with other artefacts during an excavation in mid-Norway, possible solving a centuries-old mystery about a ... centre depicted in the Sagas before works to expand Norway’s main north-south highway got underway, when they ... also suggests that it came from the west – not from Norway, and naturally suggest trading activity. “These ...
aprilholloway - 21/07/2013 - 01:04
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Norwegian Scientists Unintentionally Provide Fuel for a Fringe Theory on the Bermuda Triangle
Scientists in Norway are making waves with an announcement this week that ... Geographic , the researchers of the Arctic University of Norway studying the craters found that they are up to a half ... in the Arctic." A research vessel, the L'Espoir in Bergen, Norway. ( Sveter/ CC BY SA 3.0 ) And it is that connection ...
Alicia McDermott - 16/03/2016 - 20:47
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Weekly Top Stories: A Quick Catch Up On What You Missed
... Reindeer Hunting Relics Found On Ancient Mountain Trail in Norway A rare iron arrowhead dating to AD 300-600 was found ... experts were dispatched to the ice-covered mountains of Norway, to seek treasures revealed by the retreat of the ...
ancient-origins - 24/02/2022 - 01:00
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Wealthy Vikings Wore Blue Linen Underwear
... of Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Hordaland in Western Norway have now been analyzed. By ThorNews It is hard to ... of Rogaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Hordaland in Western Norway have now been analyzed. Research carried out by ... also used hemp to produce textiles . But in Western Norway, they mostly used linen for clothes, Professor Bodil ...
ancient-origins - 13/11/2017 - 01:50
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South-Pawed Viking's Sword Discovered In 1000-Year-Old Burial Mound
... in the municipality of Heim in the Trøndelag county of Norway. It was during recent road expansion works on the E39 ... for the Viking warrior’s excavation, told Science Norway that he believes this burial practice is an expression ... role in a Viking burial ritual . According to the Science Norway article, it was archaeologist Astrid Kviseth who ...
ashley cowie - 01/09/2020 - 18:48
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The 10 Most Exciting and Extraordinary Artifact Finds Of 2021
... Mummy Was Pregnant 1300-year-old Prehistoric Ski Found in Norway Completes a Pair! Runar Hole holding the Digervarden prehistoric ski found in Norway. (Aud Hole / secretsoftheice.com ) After several years on the hunt, a team in Norway finally found another prehistoric ski on Mount ...
ancient-origins - 05/01/2022 - 18:00
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The Langeid Viking Battle Axe and a Warrior Who Singlehandedly Held Off the Entire English Army
... recently reconstructed broad axe from Langeid in Southern Norway confirms. BY THORNEWS Contrary to what many ... recently reconstructed broad axe from Langeid in Southern Norway confirms. The Viking warrior was well-equipped and ... discovered at Langeid in the Setesdal valley, Southern Norway. The archaeologists found a wooden coffin, but it ...
ancient-origins - 24/03/2018 - 21:59
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Less Ice and Low Water Levels Reveal Hidden Treasures – At A Price
... by climate change on the melting Lendbreen ice patch in Norway. (Glacier Archaeology Program & J. Wildhagen / ... Change Gifts From The Melting Lendbreen Ice Patch In Norway’s Jotunheim mountains, the Lendbreen ice patch was ...
Sahir - 17/08/2022 - 01:59
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Harald Bluetooth Era Viking Hall Discovered in Denmark
... Blåtand "Bluetooth" Gormsson was King of Denmark and Norway (c. 958 – c. 986) and he famously introduced ... Tech Uncovers Three Viking Halls at Royal Cemetery in Norway Beyond Violence: Examining UK Viking Families and ... the recreated Viking hall on Borghøyden heights in Norway. According to the Lofotr Museum , between 1983 and ...
ashley cowie - 27/12/2022 - 21:58
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On the Road to Enlightenment: 7 of the World's Most Historic Pilgrimage Routes
... that lead to the Nidaros Cathedral located in Trondheim, Norway. The routes have been used for over a thousand years by Christians from all over Norway and other countries to visit the remains of Norway’s medieval king Saint Olav , located at the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 24/02/2023 - 17:57