When you think of the Vikings, you probably think of hell-raising warriors leaving Scandinavian countries like Norway and Denmark to pillage neighbouring nations like England, Scotland and France. You ...
Yes, they were brutal. They also had women leaders, coveted luxury, and encountered more than 50 cultures from Afghanistan to ...
By Steinberg’s admission, he found the imposing longhouse— on the grounds of one of northern Iceland’s most visited cultural sites, the GlaumbaerFolkMuseum—“by dumb luck.” For decades, visitors had ...
The high seat was the chieftain’s fixed place in the longhouse. This is neither an original nor a replica. The decoration is based on other archaeological finds and written source material. The ...