The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: women
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.
LouderSound on MSN3d
"A lot of people think it’s about Vikings, but it never was"
It’s here, among the gravestones and leaves, that we’ve met Einar for a foraging expedition. As a man whose music and life ...
The Courier-Mail25d
I cruised on the new Nile ships unlocking ancient Egyptian secrets
Viking puts a modern spin on the maritime tradition for ships to be christened by godmothers ... but the other 60-odd burial chambers are just as extraordinary. The walls and ceilings in the ...
The Sun25d
Scottish island dubbed ‘Egypt of the North’ has stunning sandy beaches and hidden tombs
Midhowe Chambered Cairn is also not actually a ship, although one can be found elsewhere on the island. A viking cemetery which included two boat burials was discovered at Westness, and further ...
The Irish Times29d
Textiles of Ireland – Archaeology, Craft, Art: telling the nation’s story in clothes, material and craftmanship
This comprehensive study of Irish textiles found in bogs, burials, castles and elsewhere ... the head coverings worn by 10th-century women in Viking Dublin, a style called the Dublin Cap, gained ...
Derry Journal on MSN5d
The Return of the Native – Derry and Tyneside Connections
I left Tyneside in 1973 to work as a teacher in Derry. I have returned on many occasions during that time but would like to ...