Medieval History
Men with Viking surnames filled the meeting room of New Earswick Folk Hall and queued to help research into the ethnic origins of the British people.
Academics were collecting DNA from men with Viking names to see if they are directly descended from the Scandanavian traders and seaman who once ruled York and Yorkshire.
It was the first of four gatherings across northern England and followed a public appeal for people with Viking surnames to come forward.
The project will feature in a future BBC eight-part documentary series on the history of ordinary British people ? the Great British Story ? and BBC photographers were at the event.
The head of project, geneticist Turi King, of the University of Leicester, said of the York meeting at the weekend: ?It has been great. They are quite rare surnames and we have had 200 responses.?
Click here to read this article from the York Press
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Medieval History
Researchers collect DNA from men with possible links to York?s Viking past
Men with Viking surnames filled the meeting room of New Earswick Folk Hall and queued to help research into the ethnic origins of the British people.
Academics were collecting DNA from men with Viking names to see if they are directly descended from the Scandanavian traders and seaman who once ruled York and Yorkshire.
It was the first of four gatherings across northern England and followed a public appeal for people with Viking surnames to come forward.
The project will feature in a future BBC eight-part documentary series on the history of ordinary British people ? the Great British Story ? and BBC photographers were at the event.
The head of project, geneticist Turi King, of the University of Leicester, said of the York meeting at the weekend: ?It has been great. They are quite rare surnames and we have had 200 responses.?
Click here to read this article from the York Press
- Face Of Viking Woman Reconstructed
Researchers at the University of Dundee have helped recreate the face of a Viking woman who lived in medieval York. The reconstruction is now being displaced at the JORVIK Viking Centre. York Archaeological Trust, owner of JORVIK, has used the most advanced...
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Academics from around the Viking world will gather in York on Saturday 13th February 2010 for an entertaining and illuminating look at the past, present and future of Viking studies. The two-day conference - ?A celebration of Iconic Collections and Excavations...
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