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Picture the stereotypical Viking - tall, bearded, adorned with a horned helmet, and most likely… male. However, a new exhibit at Denmark’s National Museum is shedding light on the history of the Völva, a female Viking sorceress so formidable that even the fiercest male raiders trembled at her presence. According to Viking folklore, her powers were so revered that even Odin, the king of the gods, sought her counsel. The interactive exhibition, titled The Viking Sorceress, has been created together with experts from the Royal Danish Theatre. What is a Völva and why were they feared?During the Vi...
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Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Greek helmet from burial mounds in southern Croatia, shedding new light on the history of the Illyrians, a tribal people from the eastern Adriatic and the Balkans. Near the village of Zakotorac on the Peljesac peninsula, approximately 70 kilometres northwest of Dubrovnik, a team of archaeologists, led by Hrvoje Potrebica from the University of Zagreb, uncovered various artefacts, including lavish jewellery and a Greco-Illyrian helmet. The helmet is the second of its kind found in the area, following a similar discovery in 2020. Both items date back to t...
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