Around the 10th century… A Viking soldier visiting Hagia Sophia carved these words on the marble parapets: “Halfdan was here!” Viking raids on islands and villages in northeastern England in the late eighth century was what started the Viking Age. In the ninth century,
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A Viking Hall Thought to Be 1000 Years Old Unearthed in Denmark
Archaeologists from Nordjyske Museer found a large Viking hall in Hune, northern Denmark. The remains are thought to be around 1000 years old. During excavations in Hune, about 300 kilometers northwest of the capital Copenhagen, the remains of a building thought to be a