New publication by Richard Gordon (Universität Erfurt), Achim Lichtenberger (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) & Professor Rubina Raja (UrbNet, Aarhus University).

A new study suggests the Battle of Clontarf was fought primarily between the Irish and Vikings, rather than between rival Irish factions.

It's a 1,000-year-old comb simply inscribed with the word "comb," but it may hold clues to the origins of the Viking Age.

The comb was discovered during excavations of a Viking Age market place. It was discovered in Ribe and has an inscription of the runic word for 'comb'. The plate, made of bone or antler, may have been inscribed with a name: Tobi Few runic texts from this period exist, when a new alphabet began to be…

Two rare artifacts inscribed with ancient letters, or runes, could be the key to a mysterious era of Viking history when they suddenly abandoned their old alphabet and transitioned to a new one.

It is helping researchers understand runic inscriptions, so maybe we should all start labeling our stuff.

Runic inscriptions shed light on a key period of the early Viking age.

“These are the runes we’ve been missing,” says archaeologist.

Workshop in the framework of the Danish-German Jerash Northwest Quarter Project.

Professor Rubina Raja invited to speak about important concepts from her research field.