SHM 6387. Your support has never been more vital to the ROM. "Good choice! The brooch has a gripping-beast motif in Borre-style. An Untold Story - Look, no horns! Subscribe to our eNews and bring art, culture and nature to your inbox. And the wild hair and beards we imagine may well have been tamed. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. An Untold Story - Look, no horns! Gail and Bob Farquharson, James and Louise Temerty, Richard Wernham and Julia West. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? They were farmers, hunters and craftsmen. Excavations have only rarely yielded Viking-era helmets of any kind, but never one with horns – sorry. See into the lives of these legendary people through more than 500 artifacts, many never before seen outside of Scandinavia. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. The, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Exhibitions to explore, galleries to wander, everything to discover. Recent digs (source of most of the 500 objects on show) have also turned up bronze tweezers, a wash basin, a glass mirror – and, once more overturning the wild berserker image – delicate spoons of bone or horn. The visitor gets to take an emotional and informative 'course' through the Viking age. Through modern archeological discoveries and research, visitors learn how this seafaring civilization was rooted in a complex society of warriors, farmers, explorers, artisans, craftsmen and merchants. Whereas the ancient Egyptians (subject of a memorable exhibition in the same museum last year) seemed to have spent their lives calculating how to preserve their booty in death and beyond, the Viking culture took no such heed. A hulking Dane? What do we really know about Vikings? Vikings, the exhibition, reveals new insights brought to light through archaeological discoveries. The head of the bronze pin is also made of silver and forms the shape of a bearded demon. Follow their journey across the Atlantic and discover some of the myths and mysteries of these ancient peoples. says his thought bubble as you select a warming woven wool hat. However, they were also farmers, skilled craftsmen and traders. The ring is made of silver. Thank you!" However, most of the people who lived in the Nordic Countries during this period were not Vikings. exhibition-viking-1.jpg. Seafaring traders. Ring-headed pin brooch. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Include the ROM in your will. In the Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings. Most instructive is a digital game in which you have to source the materials needed to build a Viking boat: 23 mature oaks for the keel timbers, 50 pines for the oars, 130 tons of wood for the charcoal to smelt the iron for rivets .... Now you know why Iceland has no trees. And there are heaps of those: the exhibition's designers have cleverly strung hundreds of iron nails together with translucent thread to trace the 3D outlines of a full-size Viking boat: beautiful as well as informative. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Alkvie, Endre, Gotland, Sweden. India Exhibition of Rare Treasures from India’s Desert Kingdom (4K, images), 2018 ROM Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion (4K, images), 2018 ROM Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion, 2018 ROM Philip Beesley: Transforming Space (4K, images), 2018 ROM Philip Beesley: Transforming Space. Truthfully, not a lot. So, stereotype demolished, what's left for the imagination in this show? The Norse axemen get an image makeover Jenny Gilbert. “This exhibition presents a new and unexpected interpretation of the Vikings, as not only seafaring warriors, but a people who built a rich and varied culture. The exhibition is a joint venture between and produced by The Swedish History Museum in Sweden and MuseumsPartner in Austria. Silver brooches – weighty, fist-sized and used as fastenings – have survived, and strings of coloured beads – prettier than you'd expect from a culture traditionally depicted in shades of ash, rust and bone. SHM 1265. Presented by Bettany Hughes and Michael Wood, Vikings Live explores the pieces in the original exhibition such as impressive collections of … Viking swords are displayed part of a new exhibition entitled 'Vikings: Life and Legend' at the British Museum in central London, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall, Level B2. #VIKINGSTO. Please donate. T he Vikings were mostly peaceful traders. Both vessels have been meticulously re-created using Viking processes and materials of the time, providing visitors with unique insights into Norse boat-building techniques, and the symbolism and mythology of their ships.To round out the exhibition, the ROM has included a North American component that explores the arrival and settlement of Norse people in Canada.