Join Meredith as she discusses misperceptions about Viking society, their technology and cities, and how Viking merchants managed their international client bases.
“Box-shaped brooches such as this one were worn by the Viking women of Gotland (the islands in the Baltic Sea south of Sweden) to fasten a shawl or cloak about the shoulders. They also doubled as containers to hold small objects. A cast open latticework design fills the banded sides of the box and the circular front closure; the front of the brooch is further ornamented at the center with a series of raised cast squares and a highly polished circle.” via The Walters Art Museum. Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1952
via The Walters Art Museum
A photograph of part of the Oseberg, Norway, Viking ship from the Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed) 1911
From the Oslo Viking Ship Museum, via Wikimedia Commons user JRodSilva
Viking comb made from deer antler: Down County Museum. Image via Wikimedia Commons, user Notafly
