The chilly island is famous for its lack of trees. It may have lost much of the foliage about 1,000 years ago thanks to Norse inhabitants. As it turns out, Norse occupation of Iceland might have been ...

This paper discusses both the urban and the rural architecture of the Irish Viking Age. Looking firstly at the extremely well-preserved Hiberno-Norse urban settlements, especially the Type 1 houses, ...

The movie Gladiator depicted the story of gladiators who fought in the Colosseum during the golden age of the Roman Empire. Gladiators were selected from various regions conquered by the Roman Empire, ...

Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden made the discovery They were working to recreate patterns found in Viking woven bands Instead of traditional Viking patterns, they found ancient Arabic ...

Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, writes journalist ...

Burial costumes from Viking boat graves have provided more evidence of contact between Nordic tribes and ancient Islam. A study of the garments, found in 9th and 10th century graves, has revealed the ...