MessageToEagle.com – By the end of the 9th century the Vikings came to Scotland to raid and settle. The legacy of the Vikings is still alive in Scotland where
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating near the village of Shekshovo in Suzdal, Russia have discovered a unique ancient axe with marks of the Viking chief Rurik. Rurik, also spelled Rorik or Hrorekr, was a
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating in the city of Linköping, Sweden have made a unique discovery. Inside a 1,000-year-old grave they found the body of the last Viking who lived
MessageToEagle.com – It’s well chronicled that wave after wave of Vikings from Scandinavia terrorised western Europe for 250 years from the end of the eighth century AD and wreaked
MessageToEagle.com – A Viking-age (9th/ 10th century) woman grave was discovered at Ketilsstaðir, eastern Iceland, in 1938. Her skeleton was very poorly preserved and incomplete. The woman from Ketilsstaðir
MessageToEagle.com – Each spring, Viking leaders and famous warriors gathered outside the Swedish city of Uppsala to plan raids on distant lands. The sudden and dramatic breakout by
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists may have discovered the second Viking site ever found in North America. It’s a truly significant historical find that offers tantalizing evidence of a Viking presence
MessageToEagle.com – For the first time, the contents of a pot of Viking treasure have been revealed after being buried in a field in Galloway. Although the objects are not currently
MessageToEagle.com – An ancient rune stone from Thy, Denmark has been missing for 200 years. Over the years archaeologists have made several attempts to locate the unique, thousand-year-old stone,
MessageToEagle.com – On 22 March 871, the Battle of Marton (or Meretum) was fought at a place recorded as Marton, possibly in Wiltshire or Dorset, England. Alfred the Great (849-899),
MessageToEagle.com – About 1,000-year-old small gilt bronze buckle that once held a petticoat together has been found buried with a woman in a Viking grave in Enghøj in west Denmark.
MessageToEagle.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The board game was played by the Vikings as early as 400
MessageToEagle.com – The Vikings used a Runic calendar often written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The year was divided into moon phases and the calendar reflected
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeological discoveries reveal the Vikings filed their teeth for unknown reasons. Teeth filing was a very painful process. What is most intriguing is the
MessageToEagle.com – Medieval Norse-Icelandic sagas are filled with tales of mead-drinking Norse Gods and beautiful Valkyries serving refreshments to fallen warriors in Valhalla. Similarly, the archeological record of
MessageToEagle.com – In 1985, while walking along the long sandy shore at Scar on the north-western coast of the island of Sanday, a local farmer, the late John Dearness,
MessageToEagle.com – Jarlshof is the ancient settlement located in the vicinity of Sumburgh Head, at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. It is one of
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists begin to uncover secrets of a Viking Age circular fortress discovered a year ago. It’s the first Viking Age fortress found in Denmark for the last
MessageToEagle.com – Much has been written about the Vikings and often by people who have little knowledge about Viking history. Another reason why Vikings’ reputation has been badly damaged
MessageToEagle.com – A massive 1,000-year-old Viking hoard unearthed by a metal detectorist in a field in Oxfordshire, UK earlier this year could re-write English history and reveal King
MessageToEagle.com – An extremely rare skeletal remains – one of the Swinegate skeletons – goes on public display for the first time. Between late 1989 and early 1990, more than
MessageToEagle.com – Academics at Aberdeen University have been working to fill the “blank space” of Viking activity in Aberdeenshire and Moray, with written history barely touching on the area
MessageToEagle.com – More than 550 diverse, including several copies of the first Danish coins, so-called “Harald Bluetooth coins” have been discovered by a Danish amateur archaeologist has made a stunning
MessageToEagle.com – A 1,200-year-old Viking sword was accidentally found by a hiker traveling the ancient route between western and eastern Norway. The sword was found at Haukeli located
MessageToEagle.com – 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
