"Vikings Begin": Valsgarde Ship Burial Artifacts at the American Swedish Institute in Minnesota

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See the exhibit in Minnesota until October 27, 2019: www.asimn.org/vikingsbegin
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[@MoeSlislack]

they are way more detailed and beautiful than the mainstream gives the vikings credit for. these were very talented craftsmen.

[@askoseppanen3779]

@Big Bill O'Reilly i would say all modern times people, including my self. But i'm craftsman my self and know what kind of effort things can take without power tools, that's why i admire them.

[@sasasasa-lx6cl]

@@askoseppanen3779 check this, try not to droll very much :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/moPFlXuDbZdpr8k part 2 is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/o37VqmeXqt2fhMU The guy in the middle is craftsman who build all these replicas.

[@KristinkaAranova]

Look at the history channel show “Vikings”. Literally no Vikings wear these beautiful helmets, or helmets at all for that matter. And instead of mail or padded Armour, they have them these weird modern biker leather gear lol

[@KristinkaAranova]

Big Bill O'Reilly alrighty then

[@askoseppanen3779]

@@KristinkaAranova lol yeah, mainstream stuff

[@championgoatherd]

I’m a swede with a huge interest in early medieval history and have seen some of these helmets live before but the sword with the preserved sheath and rich decorations I have never seen before! It’s awesome! Such a rare find. Thank you so much for this video and the great pictured!

[@hakanpersson6524]

Vallsgärde and the Uppsala area in Sweden are well worth visiting. Uppsala was the place were the big temple dedicated to the god Frey was situated. Nice video !!!

[@KevinAlderskans]

nah it was dedicated to the norse gods.. sweden was known to be blessed by frey because of the nature/landscapes... odin or oden in swedish and frey once lived in uppsala as real human beings, think of odin as a messiah a norse jesus christ and you will get the idea hes the founder of the yngling dynasty and frey was part of it.

[@askoseppanen3779]

Those people, our ancestors in scandinavia were true craftsmen! I always wonder how they did all those beautiful decorations.

[@billastell3753]

No internet or TV and very long winters.

[@shroom6426]

well think of all the time you spend watching tv or spend on the internet, they didnt have that, had plenty of time to sit and perfect stuff, not that fascinating really

[@askoseppanen3779]

Well that would be obvious right, no tv and net and you will be a master smith or jewel maker lol. No way, these crafts need years and years practise and you still may not exceed the level of a master

[@billastell3753]

@@askoseppanen3779 You do understand they went years and years without TV and the net? In the absents of other distractions they practiced what they liked to do. That is how one becomes a masters of whatever they do. Why the LOL thing?

[@shroom6426]

@@askoseppanen3779 no tv and no net with years and years of practice, exactly my point....nothing else to do gives you plenty of time to perfect a craft

[@KevsCollectibles]

That shield was massive, the ones used in the vikings TV series are small compared to this one! The level of detail in the swords is mind boggling and the chain mail face covering is something I never knew they used with the helmets. Amazing.

[@ShadiFagihi]

I think the big shield was the one that hang on a ship, it’s too big for a man to carry unless it was Hercules.

[@shaggyrumplenutz1610]

Chainmail beard. On a serious note the workmanship of Viking artifacts of this quality always amazes me. I'd say on the same level of craftsmanship as many Japanese blades and fittings (except for a few exceptions). That's just my opinion though.

[@shanghunter7697]

We just found a viking settlement along the Niagara river in western n.y., so far we know that there were over 200 vikings and they lived and intermingled with the local natives. We are in the beginning phases and expect much more.

[@timothydean9407]

Any documentation about this?

[@dannyboywhaa3146]

Seriously? So they did go further - I knew it! Is that further south than Maine? Because I have read before that there were some artefacts found as far south as Maine!

[@boydgrandy5769]

There is no evidence that anyone is investigating a potential viking settlement anywhere in New York. There was a crank claim of a viking ruin on the Hudson River 3 years ago, but it was debunked by Columbia University, which denied the article claim that university archaeologists had been the first to investigate the site. No such site exists. There are vikings in the US, but they are in Minnesota, and they play professional football.

[@rplarred]

Boyd Grandy From a Swede in Minnesota, those “ professional “ players are Not Vikings !

[@SineMacula]

There is evidence of Danish Vikings in Paraguay. Look up Vikings in Paraguay.

[@guarddog318]

Things like this are very useful for those of us who draw and paint. They go a long way toward a person being able to give an accurate representation of a time long gone.

[@susansouthern6704]

So incredibly decorative

[@seamusmckennamusic]

Incredible just how similar they are to the sutton hoo burial artifcats in style, even the same materials and precious stones!

[@rhondal.vikingpride8138]

as a sword collector AWESUME. THANKU. .LUV IT .ITS MY PEEPS ALSO. SO THANKU AGAIN

[@pepe-dt8of]

those helmets looking insanely menacing and cool

[@hshwhitten]

This is crazy awesome. Thank you. Really great detail on the swords.

[@rachelaspogard6587]

Fantastiskt! Greetings from Sweden! 🥰

[@julianndavis9415]

Thanks to the pandemic I’m not going anywhere. But I really appreciate the time you took to record these artifacts. I’ve recently heard the sentiment repeated that a large part of the population can trace their heritage back to Vikings. Thank you pillage rape and plunder! We aren’t Vikings, but we carry Vikings DNA. History is so cool.

[@mechredd]

I wonder how many people are surprised that the helmets don't have horns.

[@hlloyd-fs4uf]

Thank you for this, I will find it useful in my wood carving. Most appreciated!

[@PhilBaumhardt]

Glad I could help! Happy carving

[@douglasvonfreund8945]

Really cool .The Metal work ,the Revits they used .Also the Art work is beautiful .Its amazing something that old survived .

[@leojson7351]

Brilliant video and commentary, thanks!

[@boozycruze7679]

Dude...the craftsmanship

[@themattatronmaster]

Watching your video gave me a better understanding of those artifacts than if I would have seen them myself. Great video, I subscribed

[@MrBCA701]

This is an excellent video. Thx for sharing. I would have loved to see that exhibit.

[@hippis563]

I just love Viking stuff as its a tale of our past !

[@waikukujk]

Amazing preservation

[@amybarb25]

Absolutely stunning. Thank you so much for sharing this. I really appreciate the closeups. What amazing work they did. So intricate. Maybe my eye for artistic detail came from my Viking ancestors.

[@kittentude]

Beautiful pieces! Fascinating.

[@jimludwig7231]

Great video Phil, wish I had the time to make the trek to see that exhibit in person. There are several great videos on KZbin right now showing how it was possible to make plank shields as thin as 1/4 inch thick at the boss, and even thinner at the rim. Completely changes common thoughts on how you would fight with a shield. Thanks again for another great video.

[@StephiSensei26]

Every bit counts. Thank you for this delightful tidbit. Well done.

[@techronmattic5876]

Cool exhibit, thanks for sharing Phil

[@abcnostradamus4985]

Thank you for showing me, my history!!! Great Vid!

[@Baaweh]

Detail is amazing. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

[@zimmermanw1]

Nice video, craftsmanship superb! Beautiful detail!

[@scottlehman9738]

That is amazing. Such detail.

[@scoireamerica1609]

Thank you Phil, great expose.

[@toddj9794]

One thing that I found amazing was the similarities of the sword pieces of this and the Staffordshire Anglo-saxon hoard.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Well, there is more to say about similarity and especially origin: the shape of both Sutton Hoo, Vendel and Valsgarde helmets suggest that late Roman cavalry helmets must have been the major origin. In fact, you could see them as late Roman helmets with germanic decorations added on them.

[@tonyfulton9966]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing.

[@Chief205]

Wow! Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.

[@MRTOOTH0331]

Thank you. Started carving about five months ago and now am carving in cedar posts and I was about ready to start putting down one with Viking swords so the Hilt on the video help me a lot. Floki made me want to Carve.

[@haeleth7218]

Fabulous video. Did not know about the Vendel period; if it began in AD500 then that's only 90 years after the Romans left Britain to defend Rome.

[@hnorrstrom]

Really there is no distinct changes in periods. Scandinavians sailed before this and way after the Viking period. International contacts has been there long and already in this graves goods like silk from China and Persia was found. The change that occured around 800-900 was that travels was intensified.

[@22nola]

Thanks for the video. Amazing metal work.

[@gabem6362]

Amazing work in the preservation work ,bravo

[@virgiljjacas1229]

Thank you for sharing the knowledge. The updates on Aux site are changing history.

[@wizardlvl5124]

Wow thanks for sharing that was brilliant I enjoyed that.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

Great video. The leather scabbard was beautiful. Never seen anything like that. Thanks for filming it and putting it on youtube.

[@josephvandevander6848]

Absolutely astonishing. thanks for sharing. 👍

[@jamiecorrigan3241]

Very Well Filmed and Produced ! First Class !!!

[@TjakaErasmus]

"With Odin on your side" - Amon Amarth

[@urblotasunkynewulf615]

Runes carved to my memory

[@hans-goranlindberg9408]

This is long before the Vikings

[@eugeniocamporato8427]

Thanks to upload. Greetings from Italy 🗡️🛡️

[@antiwacks4017]

Did you know that Swedes had contacts with south Europe already during the bronze age? The 2600 yo "Hassle treasure" in Sweden contained bronze age swords, bronze buckets and circular bronze plates from the middle and south Europe. The buckets were typical etruscan "ciste a cordoni"

[@thebatman911]

Exceptional video! Thank you for posting this!

[@englishlanguagetraining4092]

Fascinating! Thanks for making this video

[@parapsychologist5402]

Awesome video and information, Thanks..

[@ferodrigues1211]

That Was beautiful thanks .

[@gozer87]

This was a cool display. It came to the Scandinavian museum in Seattle.

[@kc3718]

Look almost exactly like the Anglo Saxon artifacts from burial mounds in the UK. We have helmet made out of boars tusks from the Peak District near where I live, the famous Rendlesham Helmet from a boat burial and the Staffordshire hoard, same era pre Viking and post Roman. Magical stuff.

[@stephengolombecki8666]

Low key kinda mad I didn’t know this place existed and didn’t know they had this exhibit on display last year.😤

[@robertbluntfalsearrest7127]

Awesome very interesting looking into the pasted

[@juliusceasar1815]

Awesome! I'm going to this exhibit in Mobile, AL in a few weeks!

[@mechredd]

Nice video. I like this educational documentary style that you've been using. It looks very professional.

[@PhilBaumhardt]

Thanks man!

[@genekelly8467]

Looks a lot like the Stton Hoo treasure from England

[@forgejunkie]

Fantastic video!! I really enjoyed it!!

[@PTER-vh9jg]

Well done! Thank you very much!

[@Davidnerfz]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! GREAT STUFF MAN!

[@brijstaker]

just awesome, thanks!

[@jim-do5pt]

Very cool video...! Thanks!

[@tougerunss8241]

Awesome stuff, great video

[@pamtnman1515]

excellent video, thank you

[@tinmanx2222]

Thanks, very interesting.

[@patmancrowley8509]

Thanks. I enjoyed this short video.

[@auMr.Pocket]

Thank you.

[@nomadlight]

Thanks a lot man this is awesome

[@kikogarcia2293]

Espectacular 👍enhorabuena por el vídeo

[@AlphaOne2009]

Thank you. Nice job!

[@ladyteh]

Fascinated with Vikings....

[@glenmaher438]

Thank you mate,very interesting...👍

[@kellybraille]

Stunning.

[@GermanGreetings]

Thank you Sir !

[@adkviking69shofner98]

Dude love it i need to see this

[@murrayshanaughan2650]

Good vid, It's a change to see genuine content rather than a mix with modern fantasies, thanks.

[@Mhj-76]

Valsgärde (Vahls'Yeah'r'deh) gärde = field, meadow. Valsgärde is a grave field, farmyard near the town of Uppsala in Sweden. Valsgärde Gravfält www.google.com/maps/uv?viewerState=lb&pb=!1s0x465fcd081ada3c95%3A0x1ee498a503a9a7b1!5sValsg%C3%A4rde%20Gravf%C3%A4lt&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMM-hZDOW1SFte3KKnP4EBmw5cHCzVALrO_-Pgz

[@Yuushiboy]

Thanks for sharing the info! Finally skipping the horns on the helmets that our Vikings never had.

[@KingZealotTactics]

It's an awesome sight to see actual pieces from that time period, it's funny some of the designs on the sheathe look similar to the Mesoamerican art.

[@alexxenaosas2416]

thank you !

[@tewfik8616]

I was s bit suspicious when watching the sophisticated sword which was shown in the HBO series Vikings as King"s Horik from Sweden, I thought then it was too perfect, now I've seen these actually I think it didn't give it the right credit.

[@dylanllynoch3835]

Sus 📮

[@kagemandgravergaard2775]

Amazing!

[@stevenbermingham9783]

Well done mate

[@antiwacks4017]

Nothing really started with the vikings. The scandinavians lived like this for thousands of years.

[@isaaksimmers7678]

Awesome! Thank you

[@CKing-388]

Sword hilts look so much like the ones found in that Saxon hoard.

[@PieterBreda]

The workmanship is astonishing. They look similar to Anglo-Saxon finds. and indeed, scabbards are rarely found.

[@billlowe3016]

Nice video, your camera worrk real showed those pieces well

[@wilsontheconqueror8101]

Very similar to the Sutton Hoo in the sword details. A fascinating time with Christianity spreading but the Pagan Gods still part of the culture. This was a wealthy important figure. Fascinating!

[@pederfallbom]

Uppsala was the last part of the Viking society to get converted to christianty. Were I live in the South of Sweden there is a church from around year 1100. It stil has its original babtism fountain and it is very special with both latin and norse rune text on it.

[@camilomateus]

Awesome vid bro!

[@stephanreichelt1960]

The Ulfbert sword is a thing of beauty, demascus with inlaid designs

[@christopherknight1851]

thanks so much for the vid. BTW who hits the dislike for this video, i think its cool that someone took extra time so anybody can see this amazing part of history

[@lonstauder9861]

Amazing artifacts. I'm surprised they survived after all these years.

[@JustinTopp]

I’m over In Fargo nd I might have to go check that out! It’s not too far

[@PhilBaumhardt]

It's a neat exhibit. I tried to get this video out before it closed.

[@brianpeck4035]

Thinking about the shield, I imagine that the metal decorated reinforcements in the interior would be attached perpendicular to the wood grain.

[@Kenzofeis]

Of course ^^

[@edr.3229]

The craftsmanship is beautiful. And just think done without the modern tools we have now like gas forges and power hammers.

[@alynneloup7707]

Original sources. Thank You!!!!