From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark ... Age edited by Graham-Campbell et al (Andromeda, 1994) Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings by John Haywood (Penguin, 1996). Detailed maps ...

Denmark is a land of Viking legends, medieval towns, and fascinating history, yet few places capture the spirit of the past so vividly as Ribe.

Related: Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark The Viking Age graves near Åsum date to the 900s, perhaps to when the Danish king Gorm "the Old" and ...

While functioning for only a brief period, this chain of Viking-Age fortresses is representative of the largest monuments that illustrate the centralisation of power by the Danish Jelling Dynasty and ...

You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ... did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes.

A young girl made a surprising discovery while using a metal detector in Denmark: 1,000-year-old Viking ... used by men at the top of society in Viking Age Ireland and on the neighboring islands." ...

In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland. Tree rings can reveal more than just a tree's age.

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100 ... began with the recovery of five vessels at Skuldelev in Roskilde fjord, Denmark, between 1957 and 1962. The excavation involved building a coffer ...