Dark hair was common among Vikings – research reveals they were a genetically diverse group and not purely Scandinavian
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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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Archaeologists in Norway have begun the first excavation of a Viking longship in more than a century
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What's so special about Viking ships? | Jan Bill
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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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The animated history of Iceland
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Finding faith in the gods of the Vikings – Richard didn't expect his hobby would help him find his own belief through Norse mythology
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Board-game piece from period of first Viking raid found on Lindisfarne – small glass crown thought to be rare archaeological link to raiders
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Radar uncovers the remains of a Viking ship, discovered on a farm near a medieval church at Edøy in Norway
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West Zealand has given the green light to rebuild a Viking fortress on its original archaeological site, more than 1,000 years after it first stood there
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Female warrior long assumed to be a Viking may actually be a Slavic warrior woman who migrated to Denmark from present-day Poland
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Swedish authorities have announced the first Viking boat grave discoveries in the country in more than fifty years
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Walrus bones provide clues to fate of lost Viking colony
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