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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.
http://www.viking.no/
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.
http://viking.hgo.se/
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.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/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.
http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/vcontent.htm
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.
http://members.aol.com/bakken1/viking/vikingnw.htm
The Viking Times International Magazine
News and articles on boats and other artifacts, archeology and projects.
http://www.algonet.se/~gwarner/times.htm
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/
The Viking Age
Lulea University outlines this period in Scandinavian history. Includes the conquest of England and Normandy, Norse mythology, literature and runestones.
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_level
The Viking Legacy
About the Scandinavian Vikings and Viking ships.
http://home.ringnett.no/bjornstad/vikings/
Sweden and the Vikings.
A history of the Norse/Vikings in Sweden.
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/viking_age/Viking_age4.html
The Outpost of Valhalla
Jesper Stilleborn presents a multimedia experience about the Viking age. Requires ShockWave.
http://www.jurab.se/walhall/
The Norwegian Viking Swords
"De Norske Vikingesverd" by Jan Petersen (1919) in an English translation by Kristin Noer (1998).
http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/
The Norse in the North Atlantic
Examines Viking purpose and practice of oceanic exploration. Provided by Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/norse.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.
http://www.roca.org/oa/151/151g.htm
Viking Interactive
Learn and read about the Viking legacy, including the Norse mythology, explanatory maps and animations about the Viking people.
http://www.vikings.0catch.com/
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.
http://users.adelphia.net/~kmjviking/
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]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/702478.stm
Viking Answer Lady: Birka
Tells the story of this town in Sweden founded in the 8th century on the island of Björkö. Includes maps, a reconstruction drawing, and description of Birka in the Viking age.
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/Birka.htm
All About Vikings
Unannotated collection of Viking-related links.
http://www.hotland.com/vikings/
The Vikings
A collection of articles, activity sheets, and links from Gander Academy for use by elementary students and teachers.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/vikings.htm
The World of the Vikings
A guide to Viking resources on the internet.
http://www.mindwave.co.uk/vikings/
The Norse Discovery of America
by Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, and Rasmus B. Anderson. Public domain E-text by the Sacred Text Archive.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/nda/index.htm
Odin - The Vikings
An article by Arne Emil Christensen. Produced for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Nytt fra Norge.
http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990460/dok-bn.html
Scandinavian and Viking Warfare
A collection of source references and essays by several authors.
http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/CATEGORIES/scandinavianwarfare.htm
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