Author Archives: Sigrid Thorsen
Why The Salme Ship Burials Keep Moving The Viking Age Before 793
The raid on Lindisfarne in AD 793 still supplies one of history’s most familiar dates. Generations of textbooks have used the attack on the Northumbrian monastery as a convenient starting point for the Viking Age. The two ship burials at … Continue reading
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Why Swona’s Possible Viking-Era Church Could Push Orkney’s Christian Story Backward
A small ruined building on Swona may force archaeologists to look again at one of the most familiar dates in Orkney’s Viking story. During a six-day investigation in 2026, archaeologists from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology worked with Gordonstoun … Continue reading
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Norse Racial Narratives in Melton’s Research
Norse Racial Narratives examined through Zachary J. Melton’s research on Vinland, U.S. reception, race, and masculinity. Continue reading
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Why Roskilde’s Lost Sankt Clara Monastery Reappearing Under A Sports Field Matters
Roskilde’s Sankt Clara Monastery never disappeared completely from history. Medieval records preserved its name and location, and historians knew that a community of nuns occupied the site from the 13th century. The buildings themselves posed the greater mystery. After the … Continue reading
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Norse presence in Maine And Trade Routes
Norse presence in Maine is reconsidered through Joel Anderson’s trade-route hypothesis, the Maine Penny, and Indigenous exchange evidence. Continue reading
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Why Ship Burials Matter Before The Vikings
Ship Burials reveal pre-Viking power, mobility, and maritime memory through finds from Herlaugshaugen, Salme, and early Norway. Continue reading
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Norse Heritage Storytelling in The Humbling of Thor
Norse Heritage Storytelling meets The Humbling of Thor in a cautious look at myth, publishing demand, and modern literary use. Continue reading
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Why Friestad And Finglas Brooches Make Viking Jewelry A Return Story
Friestad and Finglas brooches make Viking jewelry a return story because three related ornaments now connect Rogaland, Dublin, women’s graves, museum loans, DNA research, and craft history in one exhibition case. On June 3, 2026, the Archaeological Museum at the … Continue reading
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Why Rakni’s Mound Keeps Challenging The Idea Of A Royal Grave
Rakni’s Mound keeps challenging the idea of a royal grave because its scale looks royal, while its archaeology refuses to give researchers the evidence expected from a royal burial. The Norwegian mound, known as Raknehaugen, stands in Ullensaker in Romerike, … Continue reading
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Why Nordfyn’s Viking Market Makes Glavendrup More Than A Runestone Stop
Nordfyn’s Viking Market makes Glavendrup more than a runestone stop because it turns a famous memorial landscape into a living question about craft, food, storytelling, boatbuilding, family memory, and public heritage. VisitNordfyn lists the Nordfyn Viking Market for September 5–6, … Continue reading
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