Latvia's principal river Daugava, was at the head of an important trade route from the Baltic region through Russia into southern Europe and the Middle East that was used by the Vikings and later …

Dec 17, 2015 · In most cases, their exploits are as bloody as they are legendary. For the historic residents of the west of Latvia, the Curonians, the Vikings were somewhere between plunderers and …

Oct 14, 2023 · The Baltic region, especially comprising the three modern nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, has a long and proud Viking history. Whilst nearby Scandinavia gets all the credit as the …

During the Viking Age the Scandinavian expansion into the Eastern Baltic increased, and their influence reached as far as the Volga and down it to the Caspian Sea, as well as to the Black Sea and …

Oct 17, 2025 · The menacing Curonians were a Baltic tribe, a famously hostile culture that even the Vikings feared. The last pagans of Europa, they were known as the ‘Baltic Vikings’.

Just inland from the Baltic, Grobiņa stands over an early Viking-Age contact zone where Gotland settlers and Curonian locals built a working port, farmed the surrounding land, and buried their dead with …

Sep 29, 2024 · Latvian Vikings Were Known as the “Last Pagans” Another tribe of fierce Viking warriors, the Curonians, lived along the Baltic coastline of modern-day Latvia starting around the fifth century CE.

The period that followed is called the Viking Age (800—1150 A.D.), as during that period the Scandinavian expansion into the Eastern Baltic increased, and their influence reached as far as the …

The aim of this project is to study the Viking Age (800 – 1050 AD) in Latvia, using archaeological, biomolecular, and biogeochemical analyses. Archaeological populations from various geographical …

Viking and Swedish Times in Latvia This exhibition focuses on the importance of the inhabitants of Latvia in the context of Northern and Eastern Europe in the 7th-12th centuries, shows their cultural …