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The brand-new book “The Sea-King and the Sorceress: Life and Death in the Viking Age” takes a look at over 20 burials of individuals who lived throughout the Viking Age.
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In the early middle ages duration, the Vikings were simply one part of a huge tapestry of Scandinavians who ruled, cruised, traded and battled around the globe, from North America to Asia. In his brand-new book, “The Sea-King and the Sorceress: Life and Death in the Viking Age” (Basic Books, 2026), author Neil Priceteacher and chair of archaeology at Uppsala University in Sweden, exposes the real variety and intricacy of individuals who lived throughout the Viking Age (frequently dating from A.D. 793 to 1066).
Rate examines more than 20 burials from the Viking Age, sticking around on information that can inform us about these people and their world. He likewise shines a light on often neglected groups, consisting of the enslaved individuals referred to as thralls that the Norse ruled over and even compromised in a few of their burials. Rate likewise looks into the worlds of effective ladies, consisting of a “shield-maiden” buried with war-grade weapons in Swedena “sorceress” in Denmark, and a senior matriarch whose kids took a regional empire in Sweden.
Laura is the handling editor at Live Science. She likewise runs the archaeology area and the Life’s Little Mysteries series. Her work has actually appeared in The New York Times, Scholastic, Popular Science and Spectrum, a website on autism research study. She has actually won several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly paper near Seattle. Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in science composing from NYU.
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