Archive - C.J. Adrien

Icelandic Magic and Aliens?

Watch now | A newly translated spell book gives insight into traditional Icelandic beliefs

Published on Vikingology Podcast • Mar 16

1:13:59

February 2025

Think You’d Want to Be a Viking? This Study on Their Rotting Teeth Should Change Your Mind

A New Study Reveals the Brutal State of Viking Teeth While Testing the Power of CT Scans

Feb 21 •

New Discoveries Reveal the True Power of the Viking Great Army

New research uncovers the hidden world of the Viking Great Army—explored in the upcoming book, Life in the Viking Great Army.

Feb 6 •

The Jelling Stone Feud: Danes and Norwegians Spar Over Viking Heritage.

Are we witnessing the beginning of an academic Holmgang?

Feb 3 •

The Lejre Viking Helmet – A Rare Glimpse into Norse Royalty

A Discovery That Is Rewriting Viking History

Feb 2 •

January 2025

The Vikings in Poland

Listen now | A important new book fills an long-standing gap in our knowledge of the Viking Age

Published on Vikingology Podcast • Jan 29

1:22:13

Walking in Viking Footsteps: The Millennia-Old Secret Behind Modern Winter Traction

Exploring how medieval Norwegian shoe spikes were eerily similar to our modern crampons and microspikes

Jan 25 •

The Viking Raid at Lindisfarne: An Inside Job?

Unpacking the mystery of who attacked Lindisfarne in 793 A.D., and entertaining the idea that it may have been an inside job.

Jan 21 •

From Rusty Rivets to Digital Wonders: How Vikings Are Revolutionizing Archaeology

How Viking discoveries like the Gjellestad ship burial are driving technological innovation and shaping the future of archaeology.

Jan 18 •

Debating Harald ‘Bluetooth’: Are New Theories Dismissing the Dental Explanation?

How Gaelic and Weapon-Based Speculations Are Fueling new Investigations of Harald Gormsson's Moniker

Jan 17 •

Did the Vikings Really Make It as Far as Baghdad?

It’s a tantalizing idea: the fierce Norse adventurers who left their icy northern homelands to raid, trade, and explore, journeying to the heart of the…

Jan 16 •

Did the Vikings Create Trade Networks, or Just Steal Them?

How Irish Monasteries and Their Trade Networks May Have Shaped the Viking Path to France.

Jan 15 •

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