A rare find of a stone bearing engravings of runes that date back to the Middle Ages has been unearthed recently at an excavation near Oslo. The relic ...
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Norwegian Vikings Cultivated Cannabis
On a secluded Iron Age farm in Southern Norway, archaeological findings show that it was common to cultivate cannabis in the Viking Age. The question is how the ...
Read More »First Genetic Proof of a Viking Age Warrior Woman is Identified from an Iconic Swedish Grave
“Then the high-born lady saw them play the wounding game, she resolved on a hard course and flung off her cloak; she took a naked sword and fought ...
Read More »The riddle of Odin’s ravens
Odin had two ravens named Huginn (Old Norse “thought”) and Muninn (Old Norse “mind”). Every day, Odin would send them out at dawn, and the birds would fly ...
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