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Inspired by the Assassin's Creed Valhalla game, I created a Viking round shield in my own style using plywood as the main body. The design features scratched lines for an authentic look.
An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, archaeologists concluded a grave in the small town was for male warrior, but new evidence ...
Aegis Fibretech materials are 10 times less thermally conductive than advanced materials currently used in the automotive industry, and 100 times less dense than ceramic fire blanket.
Between the end of Roman rule in Britain and the Norman conquest of England, many things occurred. Among them was the emergence of England itself — a turbulent birth amid a wall of shields (the ...
The Viking Energy Network Jarrow includes an underground district heating system that operates from an energy centre site, where it provides heating to several properties in Jarrow.
Archaeologist Cat Jarman, a Viking Age specialist, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Vikings. When did the Viking Age begin? How do we know about the Vikings? Where ...
More bulletin-board material for Vikings courtesy of Stephen A. Smith Not that the Vikings need Stephen A. Smith to believe in them, but he's offered up some fresh bulletin-board material.
By 841, Vikings had established a year-round settlement around a timber-and-earthen fort known as a longphort at the confluence of the Liffey and Poddle Rivers, in the heart of modern Dublin.
On the evening of Up Helly Aa almost 1,000 warriors or 'guizers', some in full Viking dress, parade in groups, known as 'squads', wearing helmets and carrying shields and swords.
Culture The Vikings of Blacktail Mountain Twin brothers Nick and Andy Bertrand are local builders, carvers and Norse enthusiasts who recently began their lifetime project — bringing an immersive ...
Viking Runes – Old Norse Language The Vikings left behind a wealth of material written in Old Norse, a runic alphabet language that predates the adoption of the Latin alphabet. The Vikings believed ...