Viking Clothing Finding clothing intact after being buried for hundreds of years is very unusual in archaeology. The fabrics people used in the past were made from wool and linen. Being organic, they quickly rotted. Very little is left for archaeologists to find and study. http: //cdli.ca/CITE/v_dress.htm
Viking Runes and Rune Stones Like wrestling, swimming and fighting, writing was considered a special skill among the Vikings. The alphabet they used was invented by their ancient Scandinavian ancestors.. http: //cdli.ca/CITE/v_runes.htm
Who Were the Vikings? The word "Vikings" has been used to identify all the people who lived in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in early medieval times. They earned the name "Vikings", and the bad reputation http: //cdli.ca/CITE/v_who.htm