So the news broke today of the discovery of a 60 metre longhouse at Gjellestad in Østfold south of Oslo which continues the very exciting story of the excavations that are currently going on. This area must have been really important, not only in the Viking Age, but for centuries prior going well back into the Bronze Age and possibly beyond. As you might see from one of the older maps, the ancient farm Thorshov (Þórshof) is closeby, indicating that this also was a place of great worship. Many thanks for SUBSCRIBING! Want to help this channel or support me? Paypal: https://paypal.me/VikingStories Patreon for exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/VikingStories Viking greetings! Sources and further reading: https://www.niku.no/en/2021/12/60-metre-longhouse-discovered-with-gpr-near-viking-ship-at-gjellestad/ The Jell mound: https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/9038/jellhaugen-mound/ https://www.sciencealert.com/jellestad-ship-viking-burial-iron-age-jelle-mound-ground-penetrating-radar-norway The Ancient Trail: https://www.visitfredrikstadhvaler.com/en/articles/The-Ancient-Trail/ https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/oldtidsruta-(ancient-monuments)/5845/ Tanum in present day Sweden: https://www.worldheritagesite.org/list/Rock+Carvings+in+Tanum Sarpefoss: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarp_Falls Sarpsborg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarpsborg#History The band Heilung with the song Krigsgaldr: https://youtu.be/K7ZqZVunCb4 Norwegian language links: YT-video in Norwegian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7-hLPtTo8w&ab_channel=NIKUNorway https://arkeologi.blogspot.com/2004/08/grav-grd-og-gods-i-stfolds-vikingtid.html https://arkeologi.blogspot.com/2006/01/vikingen-p-rr.html https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellhaugen Viking Stories merchandise in the USA and Canada: https://teespring.com/stores/viking-stories Europe and Asia: https://shop.spreadshirt.net/vikingstories ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAxXWPEyz2k

In order to understand the Germanic Tribes, it's important to know about their roots and history in both broader and larger contexts. So this is what I've attempted to do here, along with some DNA-research towards the end. Thanks for watching and supporting my channel! Short time index: 11:00 Pytheas and his trip to Ultima Thule 13:50 The significance of trade 16:20 Invasions of the Roman Empire 17:00 On the Heruli, Suebi and Rugii 21:00 DNA Links for further reading below! Thanks for subscribing and a big THANK YOU to all you who are supporting me and Viking Stories! Would you like exclusive Viking Stories content? I have uploaded more videos, photos and other updates to my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/VikingStories And many thanks for your support through Paypal: https://paypal.me/VikingStories ​ Click to view the Viking Stories merchandise USA and Canada: https://teespring.com/stores/viking-stories Europe and Asia: https://shop.spreadshirt.net/vikingstories Links and sources for further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Bronze_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_languages#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heruli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suebi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples For Ingaevones, Istvaeonic and Irminonic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingaevones Pytheas map: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasteurisiert/4596314108/ Amber roads: http://pgm.ldm.lt/en/amber/amber-trade-and-amber-roads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Road https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pytheas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/suus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Germanic_peoples#Ancestors Language tree https://lrc.la.utexas.edu/eieol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/61-tattoos-otzi-5300-year-old-iceman-180954035/ Barbarians on Netflix: www.netflix.com/title/81024039https://www.netflix.com/title/81024039 Painting by Edmund Blair Leighton: https://www.amazon.com/Accolade-Medieval-Knight-Edmund-Leighton/dp/B00TY9CTES https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/four-timelines-for-stone-age-to-iron-age-britain-6439508 Heilung Krigsgaldr [Official Video] https://youtu.be/K7ZqZVunCb4 DNA: Half of Western European men descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/25/half-of-british-men-descended-from-one-bronze-age-king/ A History of the Iberian Peninsula, as Told by Its Skeletons: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/science/iberia-prehistory-dna.html Arriv ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAzNI-bG_qk