Community Members, visitors to the site, and visitors to London might be interested that this next week the British Museum launches a major exhibition about Vikings, running from 6 March until 22 June.
A DNA or Y-cromosone project has also started recently in Norway where men from dif. municipalities who have ancestors going 5 generations or more back to find out where the Vikings who settled down on the British Isles came from in Norway.
Yes, the map is a really useful aid - I found lots of Viking connected names near the village in northern England where I grew up, never having an inkling of their origin.
I should have posted that an Arnesen cousin and I went to the exhibition about a month ago. Some fascinating displays, especially the full scale reconstruction of a Viking boat hull..
But if any Heritage site members plan to go - get there early !!! It was sure crowded on the Saturday we visited
Have any of you been watching "The Vikings" on the History Channel? I just finished watching Season 2 and it was quite good. I've heard that I need to watch the British version, as it has more detail. Will do that online. It follows the Snorri Sturlason sagas, but not sure how closely it follows them.
Vikings - British Museum Special Exhibition
Posted - 01/03/2014 : 20:41:09
