Category Archives: Norse History & Archaeology
Norse Church Greenland Find Reframes Qinngua
Norse Church Greenland evidence from Qinngua links a Christian burial, medieval masonry, and church power near Erik the Red’s district. Continue reading
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Why Rome’s “Little England” Coins Reveal A Viking-Age England More Connected To Europe Than We Think
Twenty Anglo-Saxon coins found near the Vatican are changing the way historians picture England during the Viking Age. The coins came from excavations beneath the garden of Palazzo della Rovere in Rome, within the area historically associated with the Schola … Continue reading
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Why Arab Dirhams Found Near Truso Could Map A Viking Trade Route Beyond The Port Itself
Six early medieval Arab silver coins found in a forest near Młynary in northern Poland could change how archaeologists map the Viking-Age trading centre of Truso. The discovery consists of six dirhams and two additional coin fragments, provisionally dated to … Continue reading
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Maine Norse Penny And Norse Trade Evidence
The Maine Norse penny raises careful questions about Indigenous exchange, Norse contact, and why one coin cannot prove settlement. Continue reading
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Why Greenland’s Newly Found Norse Church Could Redraw The Power Map Around Erik The Red
A skeleton uncovered in southern Greenland has confirmed something archaeologists had suspected for years: a previously unknown Norse church and cemetery once stood at Qinngua near Narsarsuaq, only a short distance from the settlement traditionally associated with Erik the Red. … Continue reading
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Norwegian Migration And Decorah’s 200 Years
How Norwegian Migration bicentennial memory in Decorah connects Luther College, Vesterheim, public culture, and cautious heritage claims. Continue reading
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Why Lios Mòr’s Rediscovered Monastery Changes The Pre-Viking Map Of Western Scotland
A newly published archaeological study has transformed Lismore in western Scotland from a monastery known mainly through medieval texts and local tradition into one of the strongest archaeological candidates for a major early Christian centre in the kingdom of Dál … Continue reading
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Why Tiversky Gorodok’s Silver Hoard Reopens The Viking-to-Medieval Baltic Trade Map
A newly revealed silver hoard from Tiversky Gorodok in northwestern Russia contains an archaeological timeline almost four centuries long. Researchers working at the fortified site on the Vuoksi River recovered more than 2 kilograms of silver, including elaborate medallions, chains, … Continue reading
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Galloway Hoard And Viking-Age Trade Clues
Galloway Hoard trade evidence shows how silver, runes, Irish Sea craft, and distant materials reshape cautious Viking-Age history. Continue reading
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Why The First 100 Mørstad Coins Could Rewrite Norway’s Last Viking Economy
Norway’s largest known Viking-Age coin hoard has just crossed another milestone. The first 100 coins from the Mørstad Hoard were published in the Museum of Cultural History’s database in August 2026, giving researchers their first detailed public look at a … Continue reading
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