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Viking home life
Viking home life

Duration: 09:56

Neil Oliver discovers more about Viking home life and spends the night in a reconstructed longhouse.
Vikings, warriors, Anglo Saxon, Jordvik, Scandinavia, myth, helmets, Jarlshof, settlements, archaeologist, remains, farmers, farmstead, hearth, Shetland, artefacts, remains, archives, bailer, cooking pot, carbon-dating, Dr Ian Tait, neilolivervikings
 
Viking invaders and settlers
Viking invaders and settlers

Duration: 10:23

The story of the Viking invasion and settlement of England.
Vikings, monastery, Lindisfarne, Anglo Saxons, Great Heathen Army, Northumbria, East Anglia, Mercia, Wessex, Derbyshire, Repton, St Wystan, Repton Warrior, Thor, Valhalla, Alfred the Great, Danelaw, Jordvik, York, ivory, Norse, neilolivervikings
 
Viking ships
Viking ships

Duration: 09:31

Neil Oliver learns how the Vikings became expert sailors and were able travel so far from home.
Scandinavia, boats, fjords, sailor, Oslo, Norway, Oseberg Ship, carving, sea serpents, rivets, wooden frames, Constantinople, Baltic, Atlantic Ocean, Faro Islands, Iceland, Erik the Red, Greenland, Newfoundland, explorers, trade, invaders, settlers
 
Viking trade
Viking trade

Duration: 09:55

Neil Oliver retraces the ancient trading routes of the Vikings from Stockholm to Istanbul and discovers some of the priceless objects that they brought back home.
Scandinavia, Asia, Istanbul, Constantinople, markets, Aya Sofya, Christian, Muslim, mosque, runes, Halfdan, Byzantine, Birka, merchants, settlement, jewellery, currency, Helgo, bishop, crosier, Ireland, bronze, Buddha, India, neilolivervikings
 

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