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 – Forensic experts from Denmark and Norway have opened a sarcophagus containing the remains of descendants of Viking ruler Rollo in Normandy, France. DNA studies will hopefully
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com -In 1880 archaeologists discovered a Viking grave in Norway. Scientists examined the burial site, but fear of moisture led to the decision that the
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Located just outside of Stavanger, Norway you can find the impressive Sverd I Fjell (Swords in Rock) monument. The three swords are more than
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914), a great Norwegian artist, is known as the “father” of all trolls. His inspiration came from folktales about wild
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 Norse mythology there is an intriguing and important god called Heimdallr, who is sometimes also referred to as Heimdalr and Heimdali. Heindallr possessed extraordinary powers and served as
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
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – On the beautiful Isle of Lewis in Scotland a number of mysterious figures that today are known as the Uig Chessmen, were discovered over
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 – “I’ve come to kill your monster!” exclaims Beowulf in the 2007 film version of the epic poem. But how do his suspicious Danish hosts know that this monstrously huge
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
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com –“… Harald who conquered for himself the whole of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian.” – Inscription on the Jelling Stone.
MessageToEagle.com – The Viking Age (ca. 800 to 1050) was a time of increased contact with other countries. People from Scandinavia plundered and traded in foreign countries. They brought
