Medieval History
Medieval News of the Week
Authentic Viking DNA Retrieved From 1,000-year-old Skeletons
Archeologists Discover Unique Things in Veliki Novgorod
Through a sea of tourists
Danewerk und Haithabu sollen Weltkulturerbe werden
Viking warship to begin homeward journey
Grim discovery under streets of Reepham
St Ninian?s Isle conference
Thousand-year-old Lombard warrior skeleton discovered buried with horse
in Italy
Dig aims to uncover lost villages
Ancient coin found near Oslo
Medicinal mercury in Medieval bones
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Don?t Underestimate Viking Women
?To assume that Viking men were ranked above women is to impose modern values on the past, which would be misleading,? cautions Marianne Moen. She has been studying how women?s status and power is expressed through Viking burial findings. Her master?s...
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Researchers Look To Save Deteriorating Viking Treasures Of Oseberg
Conservation experts in Norway are conducting tests to see if a solution can be found on how to save important archaeological finds from the Viking Age that were discovered in Oseberg in 1904. Researchers from the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo,...
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A Grisly End: 800-year-old Remains Of Witch Discovered In Italian Graveyard? With Seven Nails Driven Through Her Jaw
These are the 800 year old remains of what archaeologists believe was a witch from the Middle Ages after seven nails were found driven through her jaw bone. The grim discovery was made during a dig on what is thought to be a 'witches graveyard'...
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Archaeologists Establish What Fruit Russians Ate 1000 Years Ago
Archaeologists working at Desyatinny Pit in the historical centre of Veliki Novgorod have found remnants of gardens that used to grow there several centuries back. The find will make it possible to clear out what fruit trees ancient Russians cultivated....
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Medieval News Of The Week
Discovery of 'Genji' text causes a stir Archaeologists uncover foundations of a medieval tower in Malta Ruins may be Viking hunting outpost in Greenland Rare Byzantine baptismal font found Woodwork discovery means summertime dig ends on a high...
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