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What is the Viking Age?

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Urnes Stave Church
Urnes Stave Church

The wooden church of Urnes (the stavkirke) stands in the natural setting of Sogn og Fjordane

Art of the Viking Age
Art of the Viking Age

Think you know the Vikings? Did you know they developed 6 main art styles, and they travelled to Byzantium, the Abbasid Caliphate, China, Russia and Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Greenland, and North America?

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