The extraordinary development of modern techniques and equipment has heralded an inspiring new era in historical research. Now, with exclusive access to a team of experts and historians in Norway who are making astonishing new discoveries, this enlightening and entertaining two-part documentary challenges much of what we think we know about the great Nordic ‘warrior race', the Vikings.
A closer look at the burial mounds located by the fjord at Borre; a look at the truth about the fabled Fimbul winter, and whether Thor and Odin actually existed.
An exploration of the Viking slave trade; a second female skeleton is found in the Oseburg ship; an account from a survivor of one of the Viking slave raids.
The extraordinary development of modern techniques and equipment has heralded an inspiring new era in historical research. Now, with exclusive access to a team of experts and historians in Norway who are making astonishing new discoveries, this enlightening and entertaining two-part documentary challenges much of what we think we know about the great Nordic ‘warrior race', the Vikings.
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