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Ancient Viking Town added to Unesco’s World Heritage List

In Viking News by SkjaldenJuly 2, 2018

After 14 years of tireless work, the Viking town Hedeby, along with Dannevirke, which is the biggest defensive fortification in northern Europe, has now finally been accepted on Unesco’s world …

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Important numbers in Norse mythology

In Viking News by SkjaldenJune 15, 2018

Many cultures have assigned meanings to their numbers, and this was of course also the case for the Nordic cultures. The numbers and their meanings are reflected in books such …

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Rare Viking Silver Treasure of the Danish King Bluetooth found in northern Germany

In Viking News by SkjaldenApril 17, 2018

Three months ago the amateur archaeologist Réne Schön and his student Luca Malaschnitschenko were out searching for treasures with their metal detector on the northern part of Rügen island in …

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Why is Bluetooth called Bluetooth?

In Viking News by SkjaldenMarch 22, 2018

Have you ever wondered where the name Bluetooth came from? And why does it have that strange logo, and what does all this even have to do with the Viking …

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Norway wants the King’s horn back

In Viking News by SkjaldenMarch 2, 2018

According to the Norwegians, the Danes should return the King’s horn or King horn, I am a bit unsure how to translate it (kongshornet). Anyway, the Norwegians believe that this …

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Unique Valkyrie Discovered In Denmark

In Viking News by SkjaldenMarch 2, 2018

In 2012 a few days before New Years’ eve, four amateur archaeologists, Jacob Sietam, Michael Nielsen, Jan Hein, and Morten Skovsby from Fyn in Denmark made an outstanding discovery. While …

Extremely RARE Viking Runes Found in Denmark

In Viking News by SkjaldenMarch 1, 2018

I think when most of us think about the Viking age we often tend to think about it as something that was in a certain way, and did not change …

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1000 Year Old Viking Toilet Discovered In Denmark

In Viking News by SkjaldenFebruary 27, 2018

Have you ever wondered where the Vikings went for number two? Or maybe you haven’t really thought about it. With the luxury of the world today, we do not always …

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Top 10 Danish National Values

In Viking News by SkjaldenFebruary 27, 2018

This list was created by an online vote in 2016 and was an attempt at getting a picture of which values the Danes value the most. Since it was an …

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Isolated People in Sweden Used Runes Up Until The 20th Century

In Viking News by SkjaldenFebruary 27, 2018

When most of us think about runes, we often think about the Vikings and something that was used a thousand years ago. But that could not be further from the …

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