BaviPower Viking Blog — Viking age
Viking Boat Burial In Scotland and Unsolved Mystery
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Viking ship burial excavated in Swordle Bay, Scotland suggests a relationship between the Vikings and people in Scotland. Though the burial was not in good condition when excavated, it provides a source of information about the Viking ritual and international relationship
Gunnhild: Princess, Greedy Magician, and Mother of Kings
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Gunnhild was the Princess of Denmark. She was the daughter of King Gorm the Old. This made Gunnhild the sister of Harald Bluetooth who was the first Danish King of unified Denmark and the one who managed to convert the Danes into Christianity.
Borgring: 1000-Year-Old Viking Fort Uncovered
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Viking Borgring Fort has been the fifth Viking ring fort to be excavated. It is located in Denmark and is allegedly built during the reign of King Harald Bluetooth Gormsson in the 10th century.
Poetic Edda Predicted The Fall of Gods and Active Volcano
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Völuspá was a famous poem vividly describing what happened in Norse mythology. Researchers found out that the historical event of a volcanic eruption was depicted in the poem and this event led to both the downfall of gods and the Icelandic conversion into Christians.
Headless Skeletons in Dorset Were the Vikings
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The archaeologists found out 54 skeletons without heads in a shallow pit in Dorset, England. The examinations on the skeletons revealed that they were the Scandinavian living in the 10th or 11th century. All of them were beheaded and their heads had been piled up to one side when the archaeologists managed to open the mass grave.
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