New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.
It’s here, among the gravestones and leaves, that we’ve met Einar for a foraging expedition. As a man whose music and life ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...