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- A History of Viking Civilization - Jonathan Schneider's collection of illustrated, introductory articles on Viking culture, conquest, and leaders.
members.aol.com/eagle12583/vikingwebpage/vikinghome.html
- Did the Vikings Make a Telescope? - Sophisticated lenses made nearly a thousand years ago may have allowed the Vikings to build a telescope. [BBC News]
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_702000/702478.stm
- Gorm the Wired Viking - Features original translations of Danish "ordsprog," proverbs and sayings from Denmark that reflect the accumulated Danish wisdom of the past 1,000 years.
gorm.com
- Medieval Scandinavia - Tom Bjørnstad is anxious to soften the brutal image of the Vikings, seen through the eyes of their foes. Covers Norse history, stave churches, Scandinavia royalty and aspects of the history of Norway.
www.medsca.org
- NPR : Is the Vinland Map a Fake? - Report on recent C-14 and chemical analysis conducted to determine whether or not the oldest known map depicting North America is genuine. Includes related links.
www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/aug/vinlandmap/index.html
- Orthodox Christians in North America 1000 Years Ago - Andrew Phillips explains how Christianity was accepted by the Vikings and came with Leif Ericsson to the New World.
www.roca.org/oa/151/151g.htm
- Sweden and the Vikings. - A history of the Norse/Vikings in Sweden.
www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/Viking_age4.html
- The History of Birka - Tells the story of this town in Sweden founded in the 8th century on the island of Björkö. Includes a reconstruction drawing and description of Birka in the Viking age.
www.skolinternet.telia.se/TIS/birka/english.htm
- The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald - The biography of a Viking captain, originally written in Icelandic sometime between 1250 - 1300 A.D. Translation by W.G. Collingwood and J. Stefansson (1901).
www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/lit/cormac
- The Norse in the North Atlantic - Examines Viking purpose and practice of oceanic exploration. Provided by Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.
www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.html
- The Norwegian Viking Swords - "De Norske Vikingesverd" by Jan Petersen (1919) in an English translation by by Kristin Noer (1998).
www.vikingsword.com/petersen
- The Outpost of Valhalla - Jesper Stilleborn presents a multimedia experience about the Viking age. Requires ShockWave.
www.jurab.se/walhall
- The Viking Age - Lulea University outlines this period in Scandinavian history. Includes the conquest of England and Normandy, Norse mythology, literature and runestones.
www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_level
- The Viking Answer Lady - Fact files on many aspects of Viking life. Also provides the facility to send in your questions.
www.vikinganswerlady.org
- The Viking Legacy - About the Scandinavian Vikings and Viking ships.
home.ringnett.no/bjornstad/vikings
- The Viking Network - Aims to provide readable but soundly-based material suitable for education, separating myth from fact, looking at what we know about the Vikings and what they have left behind.
www.viking.no
- The Viking Times International Magazine - News and articles on boats and other artifacts, archeology and projects.
www.algonet.se/~gwarner/times.htm
- The World of the Vikings - A guide to Viking resources on the internet from Past Forward.
www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings
- Thinking Things: The Vikings - An introductory look at the way of life in Viking times. Includes information on who the Vikings were, where they came from, where they traveled, and the heritage they left behind. Designed for second and third grade students.
home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/vcontent.htm
- Viking Heritage Database - Includes searchable databases of archaeological sites, museums, re-enactment groups, projects, events and reconstructions. Also maps and general information on the Vikings.
viking.hgo.se
- Viking in the New World - William Bakken describes the settlement of Greenland and attempts to settle North America by Scandinavians in the 11th century AD.
members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/vikingnw.htm
- Viking Interactive - Learn and read about the Viking legacy, including the Norse mythology, explanatory maps and animations about the Viking people.
www.vikings.0catch.com
- Viking Related Texts - Links to online texts of eddas and sagas.
www.control.chalmers.se/vikings/library.html
- Viking Voyage 1000 - The Vikings are coming... again. Recreation of Leif Eriksson's historic voyage from Greenland to Newfoundland nearly 1,000 years ago.
www.viking1000.com
- Vikings - BBC Online presents aspects of the history of the Vikings in the British Isles. Includes dig reports, 3D model of a Viking age farm at Ribblehead, Yorkshire, and fun approaches for kids.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings
- Vikings in Spain - The viking happenings and actions in Spain and Portugal.
www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/4894/index_i.htm
- Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga - An exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History about the Scandinavian discovery of North America over 1000 years ago.
www.mnh.si.edu/vikings
- Vinland Map and Shroud Updates - McCrone Research Institute discussion of scientific studies of the validity of these two artifacts.
www.mcri.org/vm_shroud_update.html
- Vinland the Good - Shows the scope of the Norse voyages to the New World. It offers information on Viking ships and navigation as well as Leif Eriksson.
users.adelphia.net/~kmjviking
- Vinlanda: The Vinland Map on the Web - Tim Spalding assembles links to Net resources on the so-called "Vinland map", allegedly depicting Viking activity in North America.
www.isidore-of-seville.com/vinland
- Vinlands Viking Village - A planned re-creation of this first settlement along Morien Bay near Port Morien in Nova Scotia, Canada.
www.heathens.net
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