Tag: Denmark

08/07/2017

Ansgar’s Church at Ribe Viking Centre c. 860

Ribe Viking Centre is an open-air museum faithfully recreating lif in the Viking Age. This summer a major attraction is the recreation of Ansgar’s church c. 850

10/05/2017

19th-Century Peasant Dashed Archaeologists’ Hopes in Fregerslev

Hopes of finding a full burial ground surrounding the grave of the Fregerslev Viking have been dashed. But finds of blingy harness and numerous arrows exite

16/06/2016

Viking Gold Hoard at the End of the Rainbow

Last week, three amateur archaeologists found the largest treasure hoard of Viking gold ever discovered in Denmark. It weighs nearly a kilo.

01/05/2016

Lejre Museum

Lejre in Denmark was the mythical royal seat of the Scyldings, renowned in Beowulf and the chronicle of Widukind. A new museum is well worth a detour.

18/06/2014

Thor’s Hammer

‘This is a hammer’ says the Runic inscription on an amulet - a Thor's Hammer - which an unknown Viking lost on one of the small islands in Southern Denmark.

18/07/2013

Future tomb of Queen Margaret

The future Tomb of Queen Margaret has already been designed and archaeologists are digging to make room for it...

12/01/2013

Viking World Heritage

Viking heritage tentatively listed as world heritage...

12/11/2012

Medieval Rowing Boat

Moat at Vordingborg Castle "coughed up" a rowing boat...

01/11/2012

The Grote Mandrenke and Medieval Flooding

Huge storms and devastating floods are not something new. Medieval history shows that human overexploitation and not the climate may be behind many tragedies

23/10/2012