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Dr Cat Jarman, a historian and archaeologist specialising in the Viking Age, reviews scenes from TV shows set in the Viking era. Cat is also the author of River Kings and host of the Gone Medieval ...

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What was found: Metal detectorists in Denmark uncovered two rare 11th-century silver Agnus Dei coins, bringing the total known finds to just 30. Why they matter: Minted under King Æthelred II, the ...

James Barrett, a professor of medieval and environmental archeology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's NTNU University Museum with replicas of the Lewis Chessmen, which were made ...