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a painting of people sitting at tables in a room with food and drinks on the table

Vikings in popular culture are often viewed as the brutes of the Dark Ages, robbing, raping and pillaging people and goods. However, an analysis of their personal lives shows a much different side. Family life was important to Norse men, and every proper, upstanding Viking aimed to marry and have…

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The understood role of North Atlantic Viking women is often domestic, placing them second to men. However, new studies reveal these assumptions were made with present-day bias and that women were integral to the evolution of Medieval societies. At the forefront of this research is Michèle Hayeur Smith, an anthropological archaeologist at Brown University who analyzed textiles from the era to unearth the lives of …

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an aerial view of a lake and village in the middle of it's land

Birka: From Viking Trading Center to Graveyard and Abandoned Town Resting on the island Björkö "Birch Island" in Sweden was Birka one of the most hectic Viking trading centres at that time. It was the place where not only the Vikings but also people from other regions came and traded. #viking #norse #celtic #jewelry #bavipower #history #village #vikingage

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Is it a car? - Kind of. Is it a boat- Kind of! It's the fastest car on the water and the fastest boat on the road, it's the ambitious car-boat hybrid

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