BaviPower Viking Blog — Viking age

Viking Armors

Viking Age Weapons and Armor: Not Everyone Could Afford

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All free Vikings had the right to possess weapons. Their main offensive weapons included axes, spear, sword, and they sometimes used arrows, bows, and missiles.

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Yggdrasil Does Yggdrasil have a soul?

Does Yggdrasil Tree of Life Have a Soul?

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Yggdrasil Tree of Life was one of the most important "things" in Norse mythology. The question is, does Yggdrasil actually have a soul?

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The Viking ship site Gjellestad

Viking Ship Is Being Excavated After Centuries

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Viking Gjellestad ship is now being excavated. The ship was discovered in 2018 when a team of archaeologists tried to scan through the site which was believed to be a complicated area in the Viking Age.

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Viking ship found in Norway

Second Viking Ship Found on Small Island

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Recently, the Norwegian archaeologists have found out a new Viking ship buried deep down on Edøy island. Around the burial, they also discovered some Viking artifacts and Viking structures

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Why Sweyn Forkbeard Declared War On Anglo-Saxon?

Why Sweyn Forkbeard Declared War On Anglo-Saxon?

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On St Brice's Day, king Aethelred of Wessex made a wrong decision leading his fall in political reign. Viking king Sweyn Forkbeard from that moment on changed his life and stepped into a new political path.

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