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The Truly Legendary Queen Olga of Kyiv
by Nancy Marie Brown
At a bend in the river Dnipro, where a stream flows in…
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A Viking Economy: Kaupang at Skiringssal
by Nancy Marie Brown
In the following excerpt from The Real Valkyrie, Nancy Marie Brown provides…
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Gender Roles Beyond the Grave: Sexing by Metal
by Nancy Marie Brown
When I began writing The Real Valkyrie, I thought it was going…
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The Rise and Fall of the Viking Crusades
by John Haywood The Wendish Crusade In 1144, the crusaders lost the key city of Edessa…
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The Lewis Chessmen: Brexit and a New North Sea Style
by Nancy Marie Brown Look at a map and remember the key position this area enjoyed…
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Ivory Vikings: Go Berserk in 5 Easy Lessons
by Nancy Marie Brown 1. Take off your shirt. “Berserk” comes from an Old Norse word…
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Vikings
What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?
by Tore C. Olsson
In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”
by Heath Hardage Lee
As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About
by Tore C. Olsson
Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives
by Kathleen Sheppard
Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted
by Tom Clavin
This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World
David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?
by Tom Clavin
One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day
by Tom Clavin
As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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