Surf these sites: A History of Viking Civilization -- A quickly developing site dedicated to Viking culture, conquest, and leadership A first look at the Vikings -- Written for Grades 3-5, a look at the way of life in Viking times. Where did they Vikings go .. how did they find their way .. what did they leave behind? A part of Swedish History: The Viking Age -- A bit of Swedish (and scandinavic) history. Birka and Hovgården -- Site from UNESCO about Birka that''s on the world heritage list. Birka and the Vikings -- The town of Birka and its Norse beginnings. Borg Viking Museum -- The museum is a reconstruction of a Viking cheiftain''s homestead. If you come here you get the oppertunity to walk around in an area which brings you more than a thousand years back in time. Braethraborg -- History of the vikings. Bronze Casting in Viking Age -- Bronze Casting in Viking Age and Early Middle Ages. A web site on a once most important craft. Encyclopedia Mythica: Norse mythology. -- About collective myths of the Scandinavians (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland) from Encyclopedia Mythica. Fröjel Discovery Programme -- A Viking research project. Gaia - a real sailing viking ship -- Gaia the most famos sailing viking ship copy, visited by Fidel Castro and George Bush. Here is sailing info, history, and more. Germanic Mythology -- An Independent Study project created by Bridget Herrera. She graduated from Dickinson College with a Bachelor''s degree in the field of German studies, and a concentration in Nordic/Celtic mythology. Glima - wrestling of the vikings -- Rules, news and events about Glima (wrestling), the national sport of Iceland. Gorm the Wired Viking -- Choose your topic and be rewarded with an "ancient" Viking proverb, or help to create new proverbs in Gorm''s Olde Proverb Factory. Jorvik Viking Centre -- The Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England, has now been open over 10 years and seen 9 million visitors travel back in time to the Viking Age. Leif Ericson Vikingship -- Our mission is to educate those we meet that Leif Ericson was the first European known to have discovered and settled on this continent, around the year 1000 A.D. Medeltidsskeppet Helga Holm -- En fullskalerekonstruktion av ett medeltida långskepp. Helga är ett skepp som kräver en besättning på 15-25 personer. Hennes hemmahamn ar Bosö båtklubb på Lidingö, Stockholm. Medieval Scandinavia -- The Vikings are commonly spoken about as the people who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Age, a period defined approximately from 800 to 1050 AD. However, this is probably wrong, perhaps more wrong than most of us seems to know. Mystery of the Futhark Alphabet -- A site that claims that the futhark and turkish have a common origin. North: Landscape of the Imagination -- Why did the Norse Vikings go to North America? An excellent article. Runer -- Runological projects at NCCH. Scandinavian History Centering Upon the Viking Age -- A Timeline of Scandinavian History Centering Upon the Viking Age Sigrid Storråda -- Den officiella sidan "Sigrid Storråda" en kopia av Gokstadskeppet som hittades 1880 i en gravhög på gården Gokstad i Vestfold i Norge. Sigrid Storråda -- Everything you want to know about the vikingship Sigrid Storråda, the greatest sailing vikingship in the world. You can be one of the crew. The Gothenburg Viking Ship Society -- The Gothenburg Viking Ship Society is located in and around Gothenburg, Sweden and have built and are sailing a merchant ship (a "knarr"), and a minor warship (a "ledung" ship). The Heavener Runestone -- A site that argues that the stone in Heavener, Oklahoma, USA was made by the vikings. The Rus-project -- A Finnish Viking ship project which was started in 1991. They build replicas and sail them as they were sailed in ancient times. Also the life on board is in harmony with the time. The Ruthwell Cross -- My intention here is to reconstruct the original inscription on the cross from what is currently readable and from old drawings. The Viking Home Page -- Links glore to some good sites regarding the Norse Vikings. The Viking Legacy -- About the Scandinavian Vikings and Viking ships. The Viking Network -- The Viking Network is a project which aims to answer the following question: How do we combine the teaching of the Vikings and the Viking era with electronic communications? The Viking Network Web -- A project which aims to answer the following question: How do we combine the teaching of the Vikings and the Viking era with electronic communications? The Viking Ship Krampmacken -- During 1980-85 the "Krampmacken" (a replica of a Viking ship, 8 m x 2 m, with six oars and a crew of about eleven) made an expedition from the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic to the Black Sea. The Viking Times International Magazine -- A magazine all about the boats and artifacts, archeology and projects. The Vikings -- In the period from 800 to 1050 A.D., the Nordic peoples made their dramatic entry into the European arena. They stormed forth, terrorizing wellestablished societies which were accustomed to war, but not to the startling tactics of the Vikings. The Vikings, our first wind surfers -- An article by Lars Stålheim comparing manouvering a windsurfong board and a viking longship. The World of the Vikings -- A guide to viking resources on the internet. Viking Heritage Server & Database -- Viking Heritage Server & Database should be seen as a nucleus of
information on various aspects of the Vikings, both for the professional and the laypersons.
This is the best meeting place for people interested in Viking-related issues. Viking In The New World -- This site describes the settlement of North America by Scandinavians (Vikings) in the Eleventh Century AD. The Settlement of Greenland and the attempts to settle on the east coast of North America are discussed as well as various artifacts connected to Vikings in North America. Viking Kings History Posters -- All About The Past and Present Norwegian Kings. Viking Navy -- The Viking Navy designs, builds and sails Viking Ships. Speculates on forgotten designs for all things Viking. Viking Routes -- Interesting research done on the Nordic Vikings and their history. Viking Voyage 1000 -- The Vikings are coming... again! Recreation of Leif Eriksson''s historic voyage from Greenland to Newfoundland nearly 1,000 years ago. Viking related texts -- Eddas, Sagas... Vikingar! -- An award winning visitor centre and tourist attraction situated in Largs in Scotland on the Firth of Clyde. Vikings and Stuff -- Information about the vikings and corrections of some popular misconceptions. Vikings in Spain -- The viking happenings and actions in Spain and Portugal. Vikings on CD-ROM -- Vikings aims to stir your interest and invite you to a fuller knowledge of the Viking Age. You choose yourself what you want to see and hear, selecting from charts and lists of topics. Vinland Map and Shroud Updates -- Update for the Vinland Map and the Turin Shroud. From McCrone Research Institute. Yale researchers prove Vikings were here first -- Three decades after Yale scholars announced the discovery of the medieval Vinland Map and 25 years after chemical analysis suggested the map''s forgery, researchers have vindicated the map''s authenticity. Yggdrasil: Viking Links -- "was created to facilitate the sharing of Viking resources, and now encompasses schools in ten different countries."
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