Category Archives: Norse History & Archaeology

An unfinished shale finger ring found in the churchyard of Govan Old in Glasgow is adding a new layer to one of Scotland’s most important early medieval power centres. Archaeologists and community volunteers working with Govan Heritage Trust and Clyde … Continue reading →

For two decades, Norway’s melting mountain ice has produced an extraordinary archive of Viking and Iron Age life: arrows, skis, clothing, packhorse remains, shoes and objects lost along high-altitude routes. In September 2026, the pattern changed. Archaeologists with Secrets of … Continue reading →

Viking-Age archaeology has often treated ancient objects, monumental graves and reused artifacts as evidence of elite power. A new 2026 study by University of Oslo archaeologist Julie Lund argues that this explanation is too narrow. In her book Time and … Continue reading →

The Viking map of Europe usually shows raids, settlements, trade routes, ship burials and archaeological sites. A new €2 million research project at University College Cork wants to map something much harder to see: what Europeans have done with the … Continue reading →

More than 500 pieces of Viking-Age horse equipment recovered from the burial ground at Sylta in Västmanland are giving archaeologists an unusually detailed look at how Scandinavian communities dressed, used and displayed horses. The finds include bits, buckles, strap fittings, … Continue reading →

A new 2026 study has drawn an unlikely line between newly settled Iceland and the court of the Abbasid caliphs in Baghdad: the flight path of rare Arctic falcons. Historians Caitlin Ellis of the University of Oslo and Sam Ottewill-Soulsby … Continue reading →