Together, they make up an archaeological complex which illustrates the elaborate trading networks of Viking-Age Europe and their influence on the subsequent history of Scandinavia. Birka was also ...

The sequences below from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists recently excavated near modern-day Stockholm.

Sweden is a big country. A land of rock, deep forests, rivers, lakes and seemingly endless coastline, and it’s from this ...

Birka, on the strategic Björkö Island, was an important trading centre during the Viking Age. Many archeological finds have been made there, among them “grave 515”. The mystery woman was ...

NEIL OLIVER:'If, and when, the Vikings did return home. They took with them the valuable goods they had traded the silks, spices and silver.' NEIL OLIVER:'Birka is a small island, near Sweden's ...

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