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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Vikings

Vikings stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Vikings were just as interested in preening and handicrafts as they were in war and pillaging, the Telegraph reports. In a bid to educate youngsters who could well have Viking ancestry, British researchers are trying to change the popular view of the Norse explorers. "It seems that the... More »

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fashion • archaeology • Vikings • Britain • Cambridge University • burial site • Norse

 Dig Unearths 
 10th-Century 
 Viking Shield 

Denmark's moist soil preserved wooden artifact for 1,000 years

Sep 18, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Archaeologists say they have found a remarkably intact Viking shield that is at least 1,000 years old, the AP reports. The 10th-century artifact, the first such find in Denmark, was buried in moist soil "ideal to preserve the wood," says an excavator. The 32-inch wooden shield was... More »

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Denmark • Vikings • excavation • archaeologist

Danes Apologize for Viking Raids

Replica ship arrives in Dublin after 1,000-mile journey

Aug 16, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 12 centuries after Viking raiders began pillaging settlements in Ireland, the Danish government has apologized for their behavior. The country's culture minister offered the collective mea culpa yesterday in Dublin, where he marked the arrival of the Havhingsten, a replica Viking longboat, after a 1,000-mile journey across... More »

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Denmark • Havhingsten • Dublin • Vikings • Brian Mikkelson • longboats

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