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This 1893 painting by Christian Krogh imagines Leif Erikson's voyage to North America around A.D. 1000.
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Why Can’t We Figure Out How the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic?

Crystals might have helped them navigate—or maybe not.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 27, 2018
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Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
Laverbread oatcakes.
Gastro Obscura

Bara Lawr

The seaweed tops toasts and enriches oatcakes in traditional Welsh breakfasts.
This Viking comb had the word "comb" inscribed on it.
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Found: A Viking Comb That Says 'Comb'

It is helping researchers understand runic inscriptions, so maybe we should all start labeling our stuff.
Vittoria Traverso January 15, 2018
The Norse coin found at the Goddard site.
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The Mystery of Maine's Viking Penny

The coin is the real deal, but how did it get all the way from Norway?
Sarah Laskow December 21, 2017
A slate whetstone found during railroad construction.
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Found: A Runic Inscription on a Viking Whetstone

Experts in Norway are asking the public to help tell if it is a name or something more sinister.
Vittoria Traverso December 6, 2017
The frosting on Yule log cakes is combed to resemble bark.
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Yule Log Cake

These holiday cakes link Christmas to the Norse god of lightning.
The word Allah is mirrored in the pattern.
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Found: Viking Clothes With 'Allah' Embroidered in Silk

The designs were overlooked by researchers in the 1940s.
Sarah Laskow October 13, 2017
Geysir Glíma Statue.
Iceland

Geysir Glíma Restaurant

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.
The death of a (mythical) Viking warrior woman.
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Found: Evidence That a Lavish Burial Honored a Viking Warrior Woman

Turns out they weren't just myths.
Sarah Laskow September 8, 2017
The Hjemkomst Viking Ship
Moorhead, Minnesota

Hjemkomst Viking Ship

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.
The recreation of a Viking settlement in Denmark.
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Found: A Viking Toilet, the Oldest Bathroom in Denmark

This new discovery goes against previous ideas of Viking bathroom culture.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2017
"Danish King Harold Bluetooth Died in Wolin in the year 986" is inscribed in Polish and Runes
Wolin, Poland

Jomsborg Marker

A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.
The remains of houses with the church and, on the left, the replica Pictish stone.
Orkney, Scotland

Brough of Birsay

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
The ruins are said by many to be the most beautiful in France
Jumièges, France

Ruins of the Jumiège Abbey

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
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Found: Viking Jewelry Sent to a Museum by an Anonymous Donor

The simple packages also included two Bronze Age axes.
Sarah Laskow December 29, 2016
Detail of carving
Eskilstuna, Sweden

Sigurdsristningen (Sigurd Carving)

Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.
The Jelling stones, encased behind glass.
Jelling, Denmark

Jelling Viking Monuments

Mounds, rune stones, and a 1,000-year-old church, left behind by Denmark's first two kings.