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• - Unannotated collection of Viking-related links.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Shows the scope of the Norse voyages to the New World. It offers information on Viking ships and navigation as well as Leif Eriksson.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Learn and read about the Viking legacy, including the Norse mythology, explanatory maps and animations about the Viking people.
  
• - An article by Arne Emil Christensen. Produced for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Nytt fra Norge.
  
• - A collection of source references and essays by several authors.
  
• - A guide to Viking resources on the internet.
  
• - Explore a Viking village, find out who the Vikings were, delve into the secrets of a Norse ship, or write your name in the runes. From NOVA Online.
  
• - Jesper Stilleborn presents a multimedia experience about the Viking age. Requires ShockWave.
  
• - Andrew Phillips explains how Christianity was accepted by the Vikings and came with Leif Ericsson to the New World.
  
• - "De Norske Vikingesverd" by Jan Petersen (1919) in an English translation by Kristin Noer (1998).
  
• - William Bakken describes the settlement of Greenland and attempts to settle North America by Scandinavians in the 11th century AD.
  
• - Examines Viking purpose and practice of oceanic exploration. Provided by Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage.
  
• - Includes searchable databases of archaeological sites, museums, re-enactment groups, projects, events and reconstructions. Also maps and general information on the Vikings.
  
• - Lulea University outlines this period in Scandinavian history. Includes the conquest of England and Normandy, Norse mythology, literature and runestones.
  
• - News and articles on boats and other artifacts, archeology and projects.
  
• - 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.
  
• - About the Scandinavian Vikings and Viking ships.
  
• - A history of the Norse/Vikings in Sweden.
  
• - An exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History about the Scandinavian discovery of North America over 1000 years ago.
  
• - Sophisticated lenses made nearly a thousand years ago may have allowed the Vikings to build a telescope. [BBC News]
  
• - A small graveyard in northern England reveals the remains of six people whose jewelry and clothing identify them as Vikings. The find could shake up some assumptions about the Vikings' role in early Britain. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and British archaeologis
  
• - by Arthur Middleton Reeves, North Ludlow Beamish, and Rasmus B. Anderson. Public domain E-text by the Sacred Text Archive.
  
  

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