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Start the WeekThe Vikings and SeafaringVikings: life and legend

A selection of exhibits from the Vikings: life and legend at the British Museum, 2014

  • The Lewis Chessmen, berserkers. Late 12th century, Uig, Lewis, Scotland. Walrus ivory.
  • Lewis Chessmen 1150-1145
  • The installation of Roskilde 6 at the British Museum in the Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery, January 2014
  • Penny of Anlaf Guthfrithsson of Northumbria (939–41). England. Silver.
  • Brooch shaped like a ship, 800-1050. Tjørnehøj II, Fyn, Denmark. Copper alloy.
  • Penrith Brooch, c.900, from near Penrith, Cumbrian, England. Silver.
  • Silver-inlaid axehead in the Mammen style, AD 900s. Bjerringhøj, Mammen, Jutland, Denmark. Iron, silver, brass. L 17.5 cm.
  • Odin or völva figure, 800-1050. Lejre, Zealand, Denmark. Silver with niello.

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