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Viking Age

Experiments on Painting Viking Age Woodwork

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Nanna Friis Hellström 1 ✉,
Anna Vebæk Gelskov 1,
Sofie Louise Andersen 1,
Henriette Lyngstrøm 1
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Traditionally, studies on Viking Age pigmentation have focused on the minerals used to produce colours. The research conducted in this article concerns other factors, that might have influenced painted wood such as surface treatments, outlines, and paint components...

AEOM 2024 Annual Conference

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  • Hungary

Representations of and reflections on traumas in open air museums

Our annual conference in 2024: Representations of and reflections on traumas in open-air museums

Venue: Hungarian Open Air Museum, Szentendre

Pre-conference tour: trauma-related indoor and outdoor exhibitions in Budapest and its surroundings on 18th August

Winter Evening in Haithabu

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  • Germany

On the long winter evenings, the residents of Haithabu gathered around the warming fire. Stories of sea voyages to distant lands circulated and anecdotes and sagas of heroes and gods were told. This winter evening at the Viking houses is entirely in keeping with this tradition.&

Warm, colorful and chic!

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  • Germany

Wool was the material from which many Viking Age clothing was made. Felted, woven or needle-woven into warming textiles, they also determined the outfit of the Haithabu settlers. Long before knitting technology came to Europe in the Middle Ages, needle binding was a common method of textile production. 

Ancient Shipping and Shipbuilding

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Organised by
Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
NGO "Historical Reconstruction Club "Ostvytsia", Rivne
State historical and cultural reserve of the city of Ostrog
Association of Veterans of the Military and Naval Forces of Ukraine
EXARC
With the assistance of the Kyiv Military Historical Society, Central Military Historical Museum. and Rivne city administration.

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  • Ukraine

We invite you to the International scientific and practical seminar entitled "Ancient shipping and shipbuilding: issues of research, reconstruction and the possibility of use for the development of tourism".
Location: Historical Reconstruction Park "Ostvytsia", Ukraine Rivne, Marusi Churai Street, 33017.

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