Tree-ring dating of timbers from the grave placed the Oseberg ship burial at around A.D. 834. Inside the main burial chamber, excavators discovered fragments of a tapestry that, when reconstructed ...

This documentary takes you into the heart of Viking-ruled England, exploring what daily life was like under the Danelaw. From family life and farming to religious beliefs and social customs, learn ...

All that is true enough, writes Eleanor Barraclough in “Embers of the Hands,” her survey of Norse life outside the longboat. Even so, she continues, “The ‘Age Roughly From 750-1100 C.E.