In this video we will make a Viking wootz sword with an amazing pattern on the blade. We smelted this wootz ingot in our furnace in the last video, in which we showed how we make our crucibles for ...

Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

Swedish researchers this week unveiled burial costumes in graves from the Viking Age with the words ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’ written on them. Muslims use the word Allah for god, while Ali is the name of ...

This paper discusses both the urban and the rural architecture of the Irish Viking Age. Looking firstly at the extremely well-preserved Hiberno-Norse urban settlements, especially the Type 1 houses, ...

A weekend metal detector outing on a Norwegian farm has turned into one of the most intriguing Viking Age finds in years, ...

One of the excavated fragments made from fine silk and silver thread discovered at the two Swedish sites, Birka and Gamla Uppsala Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial ...

Engraved burial costumes from Viking boat graves that supposedly provided evidence of contact between Nordic tribes and ancient Islam contain 'no Arabic at all', according to an expert who has slammed ...

Burial costumes from Viking boat graves have provided more evidence of contact between Nordic tribes and ancient Islam. A study of the garments, found in 9th and 10th century graves, has revealed the ...

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, writes journalist ...