**Vikings on the Silk Roads**

Neil Price

“_The viking presence in Europe is well known, extending east to Constantinople and the rivers of western Russia and Ukraine, alongside the settlement of the North Atlantic islands and ultimately a landfall on the coast of Newfoundland. But a key question remains: how far did that diaspora extend, especially to the south and east? How far did the vikings really travel?_”

https://aeon.co/essays/the-viking-age-is-undergoing-a-revisionist-transformation.

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Tonight's movie is The 13th Warrior (1999). It gets some bad reviews, but it has a 6.6 rating on IMDb and I really enjoy it. It's based on Michael Crichton's book "Eaters of the Dead."

A man, sent by the sultan on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador, finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.

It stars Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Dennis Storhøi, Vladimir Kulich, Diane Venora, Tony Curran, & Richard Bremmer.

Directed by John McTiernan.

Fantastic soundtrack by Maestro Jerry Goldsmith!

https://tubitv.com/movies/611206/the-13th-warrior

**Viking brooch 'only silver one found in England'**

“_A rare 9th Century silver brooch has been linked to the greatest Viking silver treasure trove found outside Russia._”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9142070jyo.

#History #Vikings #England #Histodons @histodons

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MAJESTICA Frontman TOMMY JOHANSSON Shares Cover Of SIMON & GARFUNKEL Classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Video)

https://bravewords.com/news/majestica-frontman-tommy-johansson-shares-cover-of-simon-garfunkel-classic-bridge-over-troubled-water-video/

This is what the internet was invented for

https://www.instagram.com/p/DG1G8qwI1_2/

protoU & Oljus unleash Mørketsland—a Viking-inspired dark ambient album. Ritual drumming & deep drones fill the air as old gods take on flower-smelling impostors. The battle rages on.#Mørketsland #DarkAmbient #Vikings https://vikingsvssamurai.com/morketsland-by-protou-oljus/

Norse violence and swords.

#medieval #vikings #warfare #violence #norway

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/04/vikings-and-violence-what-bones-reveal-about-norway-and-denmark/

**Did Vikings Really Wear Horned Helmets—or Was It All Just Opera?**

Gresham College

#Video length: one minute and one second.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w46Jw9yAM30.

The #Vikings have given Pro Bowl LB Andrew Van Ginkel a 1-year, $23M extension to keep him in Minnesota in a deal done by agent Drew Rosenhaus.

**What is left of the Viking Sagas in modern Iceland?**

Survive the Jive

_'Sagas of the Raven Land' is a a history documentary in which historian Tom Rowsell journeys to Iceland, immersing himself in the landscapes that inspired the Icelandic sagas of the Viking Age._

#Video length: one hour and one minute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKjAK8d17qQ

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Iceland #Vikings #Sagas #Europe @histodon @histodons

The #Vikings are trading for QB Sam Howell, as the Seahawks and MIN swaps picks 142 and 172.

With the final pick of the third round, Pick No. 102, the #Vikings select #Maryland WR Tai Felton. On to Round 4.

Shedeur Sanders, Quinn Ewers, Kyle McCord, Riley Leonard, and Will Howard among the big-name QBs still available for Saturday.

Dalkey Island in Dublin, Ireland

A tiny island off the coast of Dublin was once a pilgrimage site for the sick and the suffering.#vikings #holywells #islands #section-Atlas
Dalkey Island

Adelsö: the Viking Period barrows and the royal hall platform with the ruin of Alsnöhus on top, seen from the top of Skopintull barrow.

I just sold a glorious 48" print of "USBank Stadium Dressed In Purple"
to a buyer from Janesville, MN.

Thank you so very much!

More details: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/usbank-stadium-dressed-in-purple-wayne-moran.html
#Minnesota #minneapolis #Vikings #USBankStadium #fineart #ayearforart #BuyIntoArt

Half a strap end, Ringerike style, AD 1000-1050. Found a week ago.

The worst error in my PhD thesis has to do with the classification and dating of these strap ends.

10 best Viking fantasy books, ranked

Aiming for Valhalla but haven't died in battle yet? These Viking books are the nest best thing.
https://www.themarysue.com/10-best-viking-fantasy-books-ranked/

#Books #HideFromHomepage #TheDragonboneChair #TheShadowoftheGods #Vikings
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19 Apr 1012: St.Alphege (Aelfheah) Archbishop of Canterbury killed by #Vikings at drunken feast at #Greenwich #otd

(image: ClerkofOxford )

Bronze Age Scandinavians braved open seas 3,000 years before the Vikings, new study reveals

Hundreds of years before the Viking Age, Nordic Bronze Age societies were likely proficient open-sea navigators who regularly crossed large tracts of ocean directly between what is now Denmark and Norway, suggests a new study published in PLOS ONE...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/bronze-age-scandinavians-braved-open-seas/

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