Things like root vegetables, barley, wheat, oats, rye, bread, apples, pears, cherries, assorted berries, greens like cabbage and lambs lettuce, fish, shellfish, hare (not rabbit, which was introduced by the Normans after 1066), hens, geese, ducks, pigs, oxen, deer, pidgeon, eggs from a range of birds, milk and cheese. Two foods the Vikings didn't have were tomatoes and potatoes which were introduced from the Americas in the 15th Century.

In '99 it was oatmeal or Pop-tarts for breakfast, Bagels with either peanut butter or E-Z cheese for lunch, and Lipton noodles, sometimes with a small can of meat, for supper. Of course that's just a summary. I carried plenty of snack foods and other goodies, like Snickers bars, for sustanance.

No. Viking helmets were designed to provide protection to the head by deflecting blows, so they needed to have smooth curved surfaces. It is possible that the myth about Viking helmets began because some of the conical helmets had cheek guards which could be worn folded up when the Vikings were attacking a target such as a monastery where they wouldn't expect anyone to be fighting back.

Women typically wore a gathered and pleated underdress, a hangaroc (rather like a pinafore) and a headscarf. No more than other people at the time. Many of the Vikings who travelled to Scotland, and other parts of Europe were traders or peaceful settlers looking for land to farm. When raiding the Vikings' strategy usually seems to have been to give their victims enough time to run for the hills, but not enough time to pick up their valuables on the way out.

Viking poetry and stories (Sagas) can still be read today. There are references to members of a household (including men) sitting round a fire spinning and telling stories on long winter evenings. Musical instruments such as drums, whistles and small harps have been found on Viking sites.

answers to your questiojn you will find in Questions and Answers about Language (QaAaL), click on FAQ (frequently asked questions) and look under FAQ #6. I've heard that there are still words which are the same in Hungarian and Finnish. Apparently, there's a sentence that is exactly the same in both languages, and menas exactly the same thing. can you tell me what that sentence looks like (I speak Finnish so I can understand the words).

Actually, Vikings lived in several countries. These notorious sea raiders and explorers hailed from three Scandinavian homelands: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. The Danes made their mark in the British Isles and along the coastlines of Europe. The Norwegians sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reach America. And the Swedes traveled up Russian rivers to reach Constantinople and the Orient.

Vikings developed in Scandinavia from the earlier clan-based cultures that formerly lived there. After raiding Europe, many Vikings brought back ideas that changed their culture, making them more like Europeans. By 1050 AD, Viking culture had undergone significant change, especially the conversion of many to Christianity. Afterwards, the descendants of the Vikings called themselves Norwegians, Danes, Swedes or Scandinavians.

Viking burials often used boats like we use caskets today. For the highest status people, large ships were often buried with the dead. Some Vikings preferred to be cremated. But even then, the ashes were buried with artifacts the dead had used in their life, perhaps because the Vikings believed they could reuse these objects in the next life. To learn more about Viking ship burials follow the link.

Historians say the Viking Age began in 793 AD with the raid on Lindisfarne monastery in England, and ended in 1066 AD with the defeat of the Viking king Harald by English king Harold.

The Vikings were the world's greatest travelers and Iceland-born explorer Leifur Eiriksson discovered America more than 500 years before Columbus. The Vikings were also the greatest of hosts, noting this 1000-year-old quote from "The Sayings of the Vikings", in the Icelandic Sagas.

While buffalo have always been the most important source of meat and other products, ancient peoples ate many different kinds of food. Animals such as elk, deer, and antelope were regularly hunted for food. Dogs were sometimes also eaten. Fish and shellfish were important in the diets of peoples in eastern South Dakota and along the Missouri River. Waterfowl were also occasionally hunted. Rabbits, turtles, prairie dogs, and just about any animal could be and was eaten at various times.

No helmets with horns have ever been found in all of the Viking warrior gear that researchers have found. In fact, Vikings rarely wore helmets at all!

The Vikings played a lot of card and board games, especially during the winter. One of the games Vikings used to play is a board game called Hnefatafl which means "king's board or game" in Old Norse. This chess-like game of strategy simulated a Viking raid and the object of the game was to trap the King's piece.

Until the 1960s, scholars had no evidence other than the sagas that proved Vikings had reached North America. However, the discovery of Viking house foundations and artifacts at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada offers proof that Vikings did, in fact, reach North America 1000 years ago!

The Mono Basin Paiute collected alkali fly pupae for food (this is also how Mono Lake got its name). If it doesn't look like there is enough pupae to support 200 people now, keep in mind that before the diversions there were a lot more flies. This was due not only to lower salinity, but more habitat available. All the tufa towers that are now exposed are lost habitat for the alkali fly. Click here for more on the Kutzadika'a People. top

Ben decided to become a vegetarian when he was 16 years old. He prepared his own meals, and mentions eating boiled potatoes, rice, hasty pudding, bread, raisins, and water. Quickly finishing his simple meals gave Ben more time for reading.