Vikings who reached the Americas 500 years before Christopher Columbus – exploration was retold, centuries later, in sagas that were the stuff of epic literature rather than history books
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A pair of ancient runestones in Jelling tell the story of the Viking king who shaped Denmark – and inspired the name Bluetooth
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Denmark's largest Viking Age silver hoard, consisting of around 700 pieces, discovered in backyard according to Danish cultural organization Nordjyske Museer
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I sail the world in a replica 10th-century Viking longboat – it has brought new friendships and showed me how generous people can be
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Denmark's National Museum unveils gaming piece which is believed to be the first portrait of a Viking – figurine depicts man with imperial moustache, braided beard and a neatly-groomed hairstyle
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10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark
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The Vikings and the Muslim scholar
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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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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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