More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements. Two groups of runestones ...
(CNN) — More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements. Two groups of ...
Denmark's famous Jelling Stone — which bears the earliest mention of the modern name of the country — is revealing new clues about its creator, a millennium after it was carved. New research suggests ...
Whenever I think of Vikings, I must admit, I picture big, burly men with long beards and cool battle armor. But did you know that there are stories of a powerful Viking queen that stood out from the ...
An analysis of Viking rune stones in Denmark revealed the power of a Viking queen, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Antiquity Hundreds of Viking monuments dot Denmark’s coastal ...
A mysterious queen named Thyra who lived during the Viking era may have been one of the founders of what is now Denmark. Multiple commemorative “runestones” mention her by name, suggesting she was a ...
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