The 1960 discovery of a Viking settlement at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada, caused a sensation, proving the sagas were not just fiction. Vikings had indeed reached the coast of ...
Those behind proposals for an educational Viking settlement on the Isle of Man have been granted a further three years to progress the project. Plans for the development at Kattegat on Jurby Road ...
Archaeologist Neil Oliver visits three of the most important places associated with the Viking invasion and settlement of Anglo Saxon England. He starts at Lindsfarne where the Vikings launched ...
along with new exhibits and a film detailing the settlement's history. "The whole mystique of these Vikings, who were here hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus, has never, ever ...
Chris Hall has been thinking about building a Viking settlement since 2012 Plans to create an authentic Viking settlement attraction on the Isle of Man have been given the go-ahead. Chris Hall has ...
Archaeology offers another avenue for exploring the Viking settlement of Iceland, one that does not always contradict the sagas. The sagas highlight ships and sailing as pivotal elements of the ...
History buffs and scientists have long known that a Viking settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland dates back to at least the 11th century. Today, that spot, called L'Anse aux Meadows ...