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Viking fort Trelleborgen Fort

Viking Forts: Complexes of Viking Defensive Structure (Part 2)

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Going with the flow of the previous article, this piece of writing continues to discuss four other Viking forts which are known as the Viking trelleborg. Viking trelleborg is ring-shaped fort.

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Viking Trelleborg is the Viking defensive structure protecting the Viking from the external forces

Viking Forts: Complexes of Viking Defensive Structure (Part 1)

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The Vikings erected the forts to protect the people and carry out administrative order. By far, the archaeologists have found complexes of Viking defensive structures. We call them Viking trelleborg.

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Viking Borgring Fort. Viking Danish Fort excavated

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.

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Viking ring with Allah inscription

Ancient Ring with Allah Inscription Found in Viking Grave

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The archaeologists managed to pull out from the Viking grave an ancient ring with the Allah inscription. This ring attested to the connection between the Scandinavians with the Islamic world.

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Helheim Hel and Garm in Norse mythology

What Hell Was Like to the Vikings?

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Hel was the daughter of Loki and she was the Queen of the Dead in Helheim. The question here is that what the Viking Hel was actually like? Was the Helheim of the Norsemen a place of torture or a place to continue living their mortal life?

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