The Pictish Problem - Genetics of Scotland
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Capturing the spirit of ancient seafaring, the reconstructed Viking sailboat "Saga Farmann" has successfully completed an epic journey from Norway's Tønsberg to Istanbul
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What's the difference between medieval inns, taverns, and alehouses?
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Medieval gaming piece in soapstone with runic inscription discovered in Trondheim, Norway
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By studying dig sites, sagas and ancient cookbooks, a culinary archaeologist is recreating dishes the Vikings ate – and rewriting the popular view of these people in the process
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What was it like celebrating a birthday in the middle ages?
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Hoard of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed in Denmark – artefacts believed to date back to 980s found by girl metal-detecting in cornfield last autumn
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A Gaelic-speaking warrior queen called Aud is central to an emerging theory that Scottish and Irish Celts played a far bigger role in Iceland's history than realised
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Scientists have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark
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Vikings brought their animals to England, research suggests – experts find evidence at Derbyshire cremation site of horses and dogs originating from the Baltic Shield
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The case of the medieval castle and the opportunity cost of warfare
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Archaeologists with the Nordjyske Museer in Denmark have found the remains of a large, thousand-year-old homestead, which they believe may have been a Viking hall
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Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.
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Caravaggio was the other Michelangelo of the Renaissance
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Forgotten archive of medieval books and manuscripts discovered in Romanian church
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As Häxan turns 100, this utterly chilling silent film deserves more celebration – given it set the template for The Blair Witch Project and many more horrors besides
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The treadmill/treadwheel crane sounds like something from Astérix or the Flintstones. But at Guédelon in France, not only do they have one, they're using it to help build their brand new castle.
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Viking-era sword hilt found near grave of 'Gausel Queen' by amateur detectives – only twenty similar swords of this type have been found in Norway
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Iceland is bringing back the forests razed by Vikings – recent data shows tree-cultivating efforts are paying off
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The Druzhina - Knights of the Kievan Rus | Units of History
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Did medieval peasants travel?
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The Vikings cut them down, we want to bring them back – bringing back the ancient forests of Iceland
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How did English medieval peasants see themselves?
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Rome: Decline and Fall? Part I: Words
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An extraordinary 500-year-old shipwreck is rewriting the history of the age of discovery
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Were the Norse the first to settle the Azores? Seafarers may have come and gone from lush archipelago more than 1000 years ago
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Evidence for European presence in the Americas in AD 1021
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Women were the unseen healthcare providers of the Middle Ages
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Modern analysis of a 1,000-year-old grave in Finland challenges long-held beliefs about gender roles in ancient societies
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Stephen Fry: The history of the first printing press | The machine that made us
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How to be an atheist in Medieval Europe
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This month Norwegian archaeologists hope to complete their excavation of a rare, buried longship at Gjellestad, an ancient site south-east of Oslo
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The forgotten number system of the Cistercians
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An old Norse 'godhouse' has been discovered in Norway – site reflects how the rise of Christianity to the south affected the worship of the Norse pantheon
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Two Vikings from the same family are to be 'reunited' – DNA evidence has linked the skeleton from Oxford with another skeleton excavated in Denmark
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Dark hair was common among Vikings – research reveals they were a genetically diverse group and not purely Scandinavian
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Two-metre-long sturgeon, a species today near extinction, has been found preserved in the pantry of a 500-year-old Danish royal shipwreck in the Baltic Sea
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Researchers say they have found the world's earliest confirmed case of smallpox, revealing the disease was widespread across northern Europe during the Viking age
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What made the Viking longship so terrifyingly effective?
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The Heavenly Court
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Archaeologists in Norway have begun the first excavation of a Viking longship in more than a century
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How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone
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Black Death, COVID, and why we keep telling the myth of a Renaissance Golden Age and bad Middle Ages
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What's so special about Viking ships? | Jan Bill
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The mysterious erdstall
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Why were notched wood sticks so important in medieval times?
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When monks went undercover to steal relics
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Treasure trove of artifacts illustrates life in a lost Viking mountain pass – Lendbreen, in Norway, was an important route from the Roman era until the late Middle Ages
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Awakening volcanic region in Iceland could cause disruption for centuries – Reykjanes peninsula's last active period started in 10th century and lasted 300 years
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How they wore their swords (from approx. 1150-1600)
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