Vikings

The Vikings used material culture from the past to show what they liked and thus who they wanted to be. The Vikings copied the riding spurs from Roman times, and similar spurs have only been found far down in Central Europe. Credit: Mårten Teigen/Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO/CC-BY-SA 4.0 In the Late Viking Age, a grave was built that looks very similar to one of the most spectacular graves of the Roman Age in Norway.…

Bounce alone or with friends in a wild new game from the makers of Owlboy The next game from the creators of Owlboy is as conceptually wacky as it is gorgeous. D-Pad Studio has formally announced Vikings On Trampolines, an up-to-four-player game with co-op adventuring, battling, and boss fighting. Whatever you do, don’t stop bouncing. The first trailer debuted today on IGN, and there’s a website and Steam page, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOJfH_ApAbQ If this was just a competitive-minded game about knocking…

Map of studied sites (a) and examples of included fur: b) Hvilehøj C4273-97, fragment 1, c) Hvilehøj C4280c, d) Bjerringhøj C143. Graphics: Luise Ørsted Brandt and Charlotte Rimstad. Photos: Roberto Fortuna, National Museum of Denmark. Credit: Brandt et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, according to a…