How Bronze Age Scandinavians could have crossed the sea by ScienceVega | Apr 3, 2025 | Social Sciences and HumanitiesSea trials in a reconstruction of the c. 350 BC Hjortspring boat, akin to a Scandinavian Bronze Age type boat, with a side view drawing of the boat under full crew inserted above. Photo by Knut Valbjørn. Credit: Boel Bengtsson, CC-BY 4.0...
Vikings and the historic trade in ivory by ScienceVega | Feb 18, 2025 | Social Sciences and HumanitiesJames Johnstone from Ecclefechan, Scotland Image © CC BY 2.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 >, via Wikimedia Commons. New research has found the Vikings were part of a global network trading in walrus ivory. ScienceVega talks to Emily Ruiz-Puerta,...
