Home Art Literature Raids Religion Runes Settlement Ships Thing Sites Weapons Return to Main Menu 0 votes, 0 avg 143 What do you know about the Vikings? 1 / 10 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? Strandby Hoard Viggbyholm Hoard Spillings Hoard Bornholm Hoard Further Information 2 / 10 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? Ibn Hawqal Ibn Aflah Ibn Fadlan Ibn Rustah Further Information 3 / 10 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? Eiríksstaðir Ólafsvík Hrísbrú Stöng Further information 4 / 10 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? Iceland Norway Denmark Sweden Further Information 5 / 10 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? Ormsby Killerby Ingleby Yarm Further information 6 / 10 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? Lincoln Stamford York Weymouth Further Information 7 / 10 This is one of three phallic figures found on an excavated pagan cult site in Sweden. Where was that site? Lilla Ullevi Lunda Gamla Uppsala Uppåkra Further Information 8 / 10 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? Ribe Mammen Lejre Jelling Further Information 9 / 10 This decorated axe head has given its name to a Viking Age style of art. Which art style is it? Mammen Style Ringerike Style Urnes Style Borre Style Further information 10 / 10 This is a digital reconstruction of pagan temple excavated in Norway. Where was the excavation? Ose Ranheim Borg Lindholm Høje Further Information Your score is The average score is 50% 0% Restart quiz Restart the Quiz