Web Directory

» Birka and HovgÃ¥rden
   UNESCO describes this archaeological complex which illustrates the elaborate trading networks of Viking Age Europe.
   http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=555

» Borg Viking Museum
   A reconstruction of a chieftain's homestead in Norway, based on the discovery of a remarkably large building. Includes an illustrated description of the excavation by Tromsø Museum.
   http://www.lofotr.no/engelsk/index.htm

» British Museum: Viking Artefacts
   Fine objects, including jewellery, from Viking sites. Photographs and descriptions.
   http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlights_search_results.aspx?RelatedId=1672

» Excavations at Quoygrew
   Describes the Viking Age Transitions Project, a collaboration between Historic Scotland and the Universities of Cambridge and York. Features diaries and reports from 1999 to 2004, with photographs and list of publications. Orkney Islands, Scotland.
   http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/projects/Quoygrew/

» Explore a Viking Village
   NOVA Online's video tour of a life-like scale model of Birka, a medieval Viking village that archaeologists excavated near modern-day Stockholm.
   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/village.html

» Genetic Survey of Wirral and West Lancashire
   Professor Steve Harding of Nottingham University heads a team looking for evidence for Viking descendants in this part of Britain.
   http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~sczsteve/survey.htm

» Hammer in the North: Mjollnir in Medieval Scandinavia
   An article with bibliography by Daniel Bray at Sydney University on the proliferation of small metal amulets representing Mjollnir, the magical hammer of the god Thor, in the archaeological record of tenth century Scandinavia.
   http://www.mackaos.com.au/Articles/Mjol.html

» Jorvik Viking Centre
   Built on the site where the York Archaeological Trust found the amazingly well-preserved remains of part of Viking Jorvik (York). A massive range of evidence was recovered and has been used to recreate every last aspect of everyday life.
   http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/

» Lost Civilizations - Vikings
   Article provides an introduction to these warriors, also called Norsemen, as well as information about the Isle of Man, and Leif Eriksson.
   http://www.lost-civilizations.net/vikings-isle-man-leif-eriksson.html

» Ribe Viking Museum
   The museum is located where the first town in Denmark was founded. Includes reconstructions of the market place in 720 and the manor farm in 980.
   http://www.ribesvikinger.dk/

» Rosala Viking Centre
   The museum presents finds from nearby Örsund on the Viking route through the Finnish archipelago, together with reconstructed Viking houses. Viking history, visitor information.
   http://www.rosala-viking-centre.com/english.htm

» The Nibelungs Saga - Its True Core by the Svava
   Site by Rolf Badenhausen arguing that the Old Nordic Theoderic Codices provide evidence of the historical Nibelungs.
   http://www.badenhausen.net/harz/svava/svava_en.htm

» The Rise and Fall of the Vikings and the Little Ice Age
   Illustrated, scholarly study by Scott Mandia on the impact of long-term climate changes on the Viking civilization in Greenland and Iceland.
   http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/lia/

» The Vikings Came to North America
   An illustrated article from Infohub on L'Anse aux Meadows, the only authenticated Viking site in North America, a National Historic Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
   http://www.infohub.com/ARTICLES/20000327.html

» Viking Bronze
   Anders Söderberg explores ancient metalcraft and research from mainly an experimental approach. Articles, images, bibliography and links.
   http://web.comhem.se/vikingbronze/vikingbronze.htm

» Viking Trail
   The official website for the Viking Trail region of Newfoundland and Labrador, with visitor information for the 1,000 year-old Norse settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows.
   http://www.vikingtrail.org/

» 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.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/

» Vikings and the New East Anglian Towns
   The Vikings transformed culture and society in 9th-11th century East Anglia, writes Andrew Rogerson in British Archaeology.
   http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba35/ba35regs.html

» Vinland Archeology
   This part of an exhibit from the Smithsonian about the Vikings in the New World covers the discoveries at L'Anse aux Meadows. Includes videos of reconstructions.
   http://www.mnh.si.edu/vikings/voyage/subset/vinland/archeo.html