from arrival and settlement to death and burial, via economy and exchange, power and politics, and environmental impact. Fully illustrated with photographs and maps, this is essential reading for ...

(National Museums Scotland) (Ken Feisel) When it comes to Viking hoards, archaeologists know to expect the unexpected. Hundreds of these caches containing tens of thousands of objects that were ...

What they uncovered on the coastal meadow, called machair, at Kiloran Bay in Colonsay remains Scotland's single richest male Viking burial site to be found so far. The finds included weapons ...

Detailed maps of Viking settlements in Scotland, Ireland, England, Iceland and Normandy. National Museums and Galleries of Wales: Digging for Vikings - Find out about excavation work at ...

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland ... photographs and an aerial view of another Viking settlement or archaeological site, such as Qassiarsuk ...

Ten years on from the discovery of the Viking-age Galloway Hoard in south Scotland, experts have revealed that part of the collection came from West Asia. The collection - described as one of the ...

Archaeologists are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland's west coast. Tarbert in Kintyre is among potential ...

The remains of Viking settlements, burial mounds, and various artifacts have been found there. The coin collection was also ...

Men dressed as Vikings for a fire festival in Shetland, Scotland, in January ... in the 11th century and one of the earliest Christian settlements in the country. The remains of the Varnhem ...

cultural and religious history of the Viking Age from Iceland to Lithuania. The authors show that it is no longer possible to understand the history of the Norman Conquest, the successes of David I of ...