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What do you know about the Vikings?

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The image shows the deposition of a 9th century hoard of 67 Kg of silver (including 14,295 coins) and 20 Kg of bronze which was buried under the floorboards of a Viking age outhouse. Which hoard is this?

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In 921 to 922 an Arab journeyed as an embassy of the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad to the king of the Volga Bulgars. On his travels he witnessed the funeral of a Rus Viking chieftain and wrote a detailed account of the proceedings. Who was he?

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This Norse farmhouse was destroyed when Mount Hekla erupted in 1104. Excavations also discovered the remains of a small church and a graveyard. A reconstruction of the farm has been constructed on a site nearby. Where is the excavated farmhouse?

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This pendant seems to be a combination of a Christian cross and a Thor's hammer; one end of it bears the head of a monster, presumably a heathen symbol. In which country was it found?

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The only Viking helmet to be found in the UK was discovered in the 1950s by workmen digging a sewer trench. Where was it found?

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Excavations in advance of the construction of a new relief road uncovered a burial pit containing over fifty decapitated Vikings. For which town was this relief road?

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This is one of three phallic figures found on an excavated pagan cult site in Sweden. Where was that site?

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It has been suggested that this small silver statuette with niello inlay shows the god Odin, sitting on his throne. It was found on a high-status site in Denmark. Which site was that?

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This decorated axe head has given its name to a Viking Age style of art. Which art style is it?

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This is a digital reconstruction of pagan temple excavated in Norway. Where was the excavation?

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