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Part of a gilded bronze harness from Broa, Sweden Viking peasant warrior 10th-century figure of a man Resurrection egg riding a ...

Eyewitness VIKING Written by SUSAN M. MARGESON Photographed by PETER ANDERSON Replica of a ship’s detachable figurehead Gilded b ...

4 Project editor Scott Steedman Art editor Andrew Nash Managing editor Simon Adams Managing art editor Julia Harris Researcher C ...

5 Contents 6 Who were the Vikings? 8 Lords of the sea 10 A Viking warship 12 Viking warriors 14 Weapons 16 Terrorizing the west ...

6 Who were the Vikings? FȰȳʲʯʯȺȦȢȳȴ, from the 8th to 11th centuries, the Vikings took the world by storm. In search of land, s ...

7 Silver wires in t he form of plant shoots Silver loop for chain Figure of a great bird Pommel GLITTERING SWORD A strong sword ...

8 Lords of the sea TȩȦȷȪȬȪȯȨȴȸȦȳȦȴȶȱȦȳȣ sailors. Their wooden longships carried them across wild seas, riding the waves, dodg ...

HEAVENLY BED POST A mass of everyday objects was buried in the Gokstad ship. These included the dead man’s clothes, a cauldron, ...

10 A Viking warship LȪȨȩȵȢȯȥȴȭȦȯȥȦȳ, the Viking warship carried warriors far across the ocean. It was the longest, sleekest, a ...

Gunwale (top strake) Shield rack, a long plank behind which t he shields could be rested RUNNING WITH THE WIND These warships ar ...

12 Viking warriors TȩȦȵȳȶȦȴȱȪȳȪȵȰȧȵȩȦȷȪȬȪȯȨȢȨȦ was daring courage. To the Viking warrior, honor and glory in battle were t ...

13 THE LATEST FASHION Vikings usually fought on foot. Fashions changed in the late 11th century, at the end of the Viking Age, w ...

14 Weapons HȪȴȴȱȦȢȳȩȪȴȢȹ, his shield, and especially his sword—these were a warrior’s most prized possessions. In poems and ...

15 Fuller, a central groove t hat makes t he sword lighter and more flexible Grip Pommel Iron sword from Denmark CHAIN GANG In t ...

16 Terrorizing the west TȩȦȷȪȬȪȯȨȴȴȸȦȱȵ into western Europe, terrorizing towns along the coast, plundering churches and grabbi ...

17 KILLING THE KING King Edmund was king of East Anglia in England in 869. This 12th-century manuscript shows him being beaten b ...

18 East into Russia TȰȤȳȰȴȴȪȯȵȰȳȶȴȴȪȢ, Viking warriors and traders sailed up various rivers such as the Dvina, Lovat, and Vis ...

19 GOING OVERLAND The Russian rivers were full of rocks and rapids. The Vikings dragged or carried their light boats around thes ...