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Vikings (39)
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- Kids and Teens/School Time/Social Studies/History/By Region/Europe/Viking
- Top/Arts/Literature/World Literature/Icelandic
- Top/Regional/Europe/Regions/Nordic Countries
- Top/Society/History/By Region/Europe/Scandinavia
Presents aspects of the history of the Vikings in the British Isles. Includes dig reports, articles on Viking women, money, weapons and religion, an interactive game and 3D reconstruction of a Viking Age farmhouse.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/
Sophisticated lenses made nearly a thousand years ago may have allowed the Vikings to build a telescope. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/702478.stm
A small graveyard in northern England reveals the remains of six people whose jewelry and clothing identify them as Vikings. The find could shake up some assumptions about the Vikings' role in early Britain. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and British archaeologis
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3913013
Andrew Phillips explains how Christianity was accepted by the Vikings and came with Leif Ericsson to the New World.
http://www.roca.org/OA/151/151g.htm
Presents the mystery and theory, the settlers, and the homestead. Includes video and images.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/html/e2-menu.html
by Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, and Rasmus B. Anderson. Public domain E-text by the Sacred Text Archive.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/index.htm
Examines purpose and practice of oceanic exploration.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
"De Norske Vikingesverd" by Jan Petersen (1919) in an English translation by Kristin Noer (1998).
http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/
Scholarly articles on the Viking Age, including clothes, religion, and archery, by Judson Roberts, author of the fictional Strongbow Saga.
http://www.strongbowsaga.com
A look at their way of life, includes information on who they were, where they came from, where they traveled, and the heritage.
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/vcontent.htm
Tells the story of this town in Sweden founded in the 8th century on the island of Björkö. Includes maps, a reconstruction drawing, and description of Birka in the Viking Age.
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Birka.htm
Learn and read about the Viking legacy, including the Norse mythology, explanatory maps and animations about the Viking people.
http://www.vikings.0catch.com/
An article by Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News reviewing recent findings that contradict the stereotype of the Vikings.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/02/0217_040217_vikings.html
An exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History about the Scandinavian discovery of North America over 1000 years ago.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/
An illustrated article from the online collaborative encyclopedia which includes an outline history and discussion of specific topics such as runes, ships and Icelandic sagas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings
Last Updated: 2007-01-17 16:48:33
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