Europe’s Oldest Mosque May Be Buried Underground in This Visigothic City in Spain Reccopolis,  a rural area outside of Madrid, has witnessed an extraordinary archaeological effort, with researchers arriving at an important finding using a geomagnetic instrument that helped map walls and other structures still buried underground. The ancient, 1,400-year-old city was found to have … Continue reading Europe’s Oldest Mosque May Be Buried Underground in This Visigothic City in Spain →

Newgrange: The Massive Irish Tomb That’s Older Than The Pyramids Yep, 5,000 years. That’s older than Stonehenge. It’s older than the great Egyptian pyramids, too. And five millennia later, it hasn’t lost any of its wonders. Newgrange was built around 3200 B.C. — hundreds of years before the Great Pyramid of Giza (2500 B.C.) and … Continue reading Newgrange: The Massive Irish Tomb That’s Older Than The Pyramids →

Remains of a medieval child found with other skeletons just yards from St Patrick’s grave in Northern Ireland The medieval skeletons were found beside Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, County Down. Archaeologists first thought they had found the lost cemetery of 13th Century Benedictine monks. But they have said the oldest skeleton is that of a … Continue reading Remains of medieval child found with other skeletons just yards from St Patrick’s grave in Northern Ireland →

The Irish Have Much More Viking DNA Than Previously Thought, Genetic Study Reveals An Irish Viking. The concept has become more real and more captivating. Anyone who’s read even a bit about the history of the Vikings knows that their DNA is likely to be found in people living in the British Isles today. New … Continue reading The Irish Have Much More Viking DNA Than Previously Thought, Genetic Study Reveals →

Anglo-Saxons were WORSE than the Vikings and carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ According to a Danish academic who thinks disgruntled English monks spread ‘ false news ‘ about his ancestors, tales of vicious Vikings may be significantly exaggerated. The earlier Anglo-Saxons carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ against native Britons, while the Vikings ushered in Scandinavian multi-cultural society, … Continue reading Anglo-Saxons were WORSE than the Vikings and carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ →

Ancient Well With Stone Stairs Unearthed in Scotland An ancient well at the top of one of Scotland’s most iconic mountain peaks has been unearthed for the first time in hundreds of years. Archaeologists from Aberdeen University’s Northern Picts projects made the incredible discovery this week at the Mither Tap, one of the summits of … Continue reading Ancient Well With Stone Stairs Unearthed in Scotland →

How The Black Death (Sort Of) Killed A Viking Colony And Transformed Europe Throughout much of the European Middle Ages, the Norse were compulsive travelers. These groups of people (who we often call “Vikings”) traded, raided and pillaged throughout Europe, settled in Constantinople and fought with and against the Byzantines, encountered Arab traders from Baghdad in modern Russia, and … Continue reading How The Black Death (Sort Of) Killed A Viking Colony And Transformed Europe →

Billionaire-Owned Viking Cruises Involved In Collision, Leaving 7 Dead And 21 Missing One of Viking’s river cruise ships was involved in a fatal collision on Wednesday night as it was traveling through Budapest on the Danube River, leaving at least seven dead. The Viking Sigyn, a 95-room river cruise ship, collided with a smaller sightseeing … Continue reading 7 dead, 21 missing after South Korean tour boat in Budapest sinks in seconds →

Blood Eagle: The Viking Torture Method So Grisly Some Historians Don’t Believe It Actually Happened The Vikings didn’t come into towns walking on moonbeams and rainbows. If their sagas are to be believed, the Vikings cruelly tortured their enemies in the name of their god Odin as they conquered territory. If the suggestion of a blood eagle … Continue reading The horrendous Viking torture that is the Blood Eagle →