An Elaborate Viking Graveyard at the End of a Fjord
Norway is rife with fjords—deep, canyon-like inlets carved by glaciers that add some 10,000 miles to the country’s convoluted coastline—and at one time those fjords
31 October 2019
Killing the legend of buried Viking swords
Swords found in early medieval graves don’t necessarily mark the final resting place of a warrior, new research suggests. The international research, combining literary and archaeological
20 March 2019
Long-lost Dark Ages abbey may have been found in Scotland
Excavations led by DigVentures have unearthed traces of a huge circular ditch at a site in Coldingham where the abbey, founded by Aebbe, an Anglo-Saxon
15 March 2019
Vikings return for Season 5
Vikings returns tonight for Season 5! This season promises to be one of the best yet. Season 4 was filled with all kinds of surprises
29 November 2017
Solar eclipses and the middle ages
Dr Anne Lawrence from the University of Reading’s Department of History examines what solar eclipses meant to our ancestors. Looking forward to the solar eclipse?
21 August 2017
Ireland: The Struggle for Power by Jeffrey James
Ireland has a rich history and Jeffrey James explores over 600 years of Irish history in his new book Ireland The Struggle for Power. We
20 July 2017
Second Viking Age ship burial found at archaeological site in N. Iceland
Yesterday archeologists discovered a second boat burial at an archeological site at Dysnes ness in Eyjafjörður fjord in North Iceland. On Tuesday a burial site
22 June 2017
Vikings Season 4 Returns This Fall!
Vikings Season 4 will return this fall and it looks to be an exciting conclusion! Stay tuned, The Vikings Podcast will return shortly!
19 August 2016
Space Archeologists Find Evidence Of New Viking Site In North America
Clues embedded into ancient Norse sagas have led a team of archeologists to discover a long-lost stone hearth in a remote peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada,
13 April 2016
VIKINGS Season 4 teaser
Vikings doesn’t return until Spring 2016 but the HISTORY Channel has released a teaser trailer to peak your interest. Enjoy…
1 September 2015
The Vikings Podcast #310: The Dead
Well it’s here the season finale! Will Ragnar live to fight another season? Will the Vikings conquer Paris or take their payment and head home?
10 May 2015
The Vikings Podcast #308: To The Gates!
Let the siege begin! Ragnar and his army of Vikings assault Paris on two fronts. Will splitting the his army prove effective? Will Floki’s towers
14 April 2015
The Vikings Podcast #307: Paris
The Vikings have arrived at Paris and Emperor Charles is nervous. Will he flee the city or listen to his daughter and stay? Count Odo
13 April 2015
The Vikings Podcast #306: Born Again
In Wessex, Judith gives birth to a boy but pays for her sins! In Kattegat, Bjorn is the father to a new little girl and
1 April 2015
The Vikings Podcast #305: The Usurper
Ragnar and his vikings return to kattegat to find that life has changed. Rollo is distraught over the death of Siggy, Bjorn and Porunn are
30 March 2015
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