Tag: Iceland
Surprise archaeological find from Iceland’s settlement
Archaeological remains that were found during an excavation in Urridakot in Gardabaer, a neighboring town of Reykjavík, were much older than archaeologists had assumed....
New power elite emerged in medieval Iceland as the island became Norwegian
As Iceland became part of the Norwegian kingship 1262–1264, a new power structure in the shape of an Icelandic aristocracy appointed by the king...
Learning from the Viking Age
No one would ever call the Vikings environmentalists. For several centuries after they arrived in Iceland in 874 AD, they began leveling trees and...
Pagan Icelander ‘re-buried’ 1,100 years after death
A burial took place in Reykjanesbaer municipality in southwest Iceland yesterday. The news wouldn’t have had any special significance if not for the fact...