Below you can read a top consisting of five most significant Viking Age explorers along with their lifetime achievements. This top is strictly based on the following Norsemen’s milestones with respect to exploration during their expeditions. 5.슠Naddodd, The Viking Explorer Who First Discovered Iceland Naddodd was a Faroese Viking who discovered Iceland accidentally, after his…
There are two main Viking Ship Museums in Scandinavia: the first one is located in Oslo, Norway and the second one in Roskilde, Denmark. The Viking Ship Museum from Oslo is located on the western side of the city, on the Bygd쎸y peninsula. The Roskilde Viking Ship Museum is located at a distance of 20…
Below is a personal top of 5 most interesting Transylvanian Saxon fortified churches boasting of both architectural and historical beauty. 5. Grossau슠(Standard German)/Gr쒫쎟au슠(Transylvanian Saxon dialect) Grossau (Romanian: Cristian) is supposedly one of the oldest settlements of the Transylvanian Saxons, being settled at some point during the 12th century. However, the locality was first attested in…
10. The슠Celts didn’t fight naked As opposed to a widely spread misconception (stemming mostly from Roman texts), the Celts worn sophisticated armours and were quite skilful smiths as well. They were using leather padding and worn both metal plates and mailles. They also used a wide variety of weapons including swords (coming in all varieties,…
King Horik is one of the main characters in the Irish-Canadian TV series ‘Vikings’ from History Channel. Along with many other historical characters portrayed in the show, King Horik was erroneously depicted. The historical inaccuracy in the show stems entirely from the artistic license of the serial’s producers/writers, primarily in order to make it more…
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