Outfitting Viking Voyagers

Features November/December 2026

In Denmark, archaeologists have discovered a massive factory that equipped an innovative fleet
Aerial view of excavation of three pit house foundations, Soften, Denmark
Moesgaard Museum
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Archaeologists uncovered a vast textile production center in the town of Søften on Demark’s Jutland Peninsula.

Archaeologists from Denmark’s Moesgaard Museum had an idea that something substantial lay hidden beneath the fields of Søften, a small town outside the city of Aarhus on the Jutland Peninsula. Over the years, metal detectorists exploring the area had occasionally recovered coins and pieces of silver dating to the Viking Age (ca. a.d. 750–1066). These finds provided enticing c

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