The Horns of Odin (also referred to as the horn triskelion or the triple-horned triskele) is a symbol comprised three interlocking drinking horns. The exact meaning of the symbol is not known, but it may allude to Odin's stealing of the Mead of Poetry. The horns’ names were Óðr...
Meaning, materiality and landscape in Viking period boat-gravesPresentation on the graves, monuments and landscape context of the Skamby cemetery.Williams, Howard M. RValsgarde Boat-grave Workshop
On April 27, 2021, the boat was officially reflagged to China. On June 26, 2021, Viking Sun was officially renamed "Zhao Shang Yidun" (早上 猗顿) meaning/translated as "China Merchants Eden". The naming ceremony was held at homeportShenzhen-Shekou, led by godmother Duan Xianghui (China ...
In research on the Viking Age, as in popular perception of the period, one can identify two competing views as to what defines the subject of interest. One may see the Viking Age as a pattern of trade, diaspora, and raiding—activities in which society engaged with the sea and the wider...
also contained axe, knife, bronze ring pin from Ireland, whetstone from Norway, tip of a drinking horn and several iron fragments that are still to be identified. About 200 rivets were also found: all that remained from the boat. It had been filled with rocks, which seems to be on ...
As the street sign below indicates, there are many things to do in York! Most of the street names in the centre of York end with "gate": this was the Viking word meaning "street". Many old buildings have been preserved in the city centre....