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Archaeonews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Archeologists discovered a gold ring in a grave in Skriduklaustur in east Iceland where there used to be a monastery. The discovery is considered significant because very few gold rings have been found in archeological excavations in Iceland. “It looks like a normal wedding ring, but it has been decorated a little,” archeologist Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir, who is responsible for the current
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The Daily Transcript (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
We were planning to head to Europe so when I discovered that the cheapest tickets were being offered by Icelandair, I jumped on it. Why? I have always wanted to visit this mystic land and Icelandair lets you have a free stopover for up to a week. I highly recommend that you do this once - Iceland was far and away the highlight of our European trip. Day I - We arrived late in Keflavic where the main...
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Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Archeologists discovered a gold ring in a grave in Skriduklaustur in east Iceland where there used to be a monastery. The discovery is considered significant because very few gold rings have been found in archeological excavations in Iceland. “It looks like a normal wedding ring, but it has been decorated a little,” archeologist Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir, who is responsible for the current excavation...
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The Devil's Advocate (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
I OCCASIONALLY have to travel through what are best described as Scrote Estates. (Apparently we’re not allowed to use the word ‘chav’ anymore because if we do then we’re no better than fascists. Don’t ask me – some bloke in The Guardian said it.) You know the kind of place: flat-roofed pub with a pair of Rottweilers leaning over the guttering, hoodies on mountain bikes riding on the pavement, the cross...
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Virtual Economics (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Back from ten days driving around Iceland. Thoughts on Iceland (1) I recommend anyone who goes read Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy first - much of the country's outlandish beauty comes from looking like the early stages of a terraforming...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Frankfurt - Iceland has just inaugurated a new national park which is the biggest in Europe, according to the country's tourist information office in Frankfurt. The 13,000 square-kilometre Vatnajokull National Park in southern Iceland takes up 13 per...
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MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
July 21: The small country of Iceland is quickly becoming critical to understanding genetics, since most members of its population can easily trace their ancestry. NBC’s Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Iceland's state-backed Housing Financing Fund will lend commercial banks as much as 30 billion kronur ($380 million), allowing them to refinance mortgages and boost liquidity and helping to avert
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
The strangeness of Sigur Rós and some daring theatre stood out from the samey guitar bands at the Latitude Festival.
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
With its many volcanoes, glaciers, geysers and wondrous waterfalls, Iceland almost appears otherworldly. And now is the perfect time to visit, since the sun shines 24 hours a day in the summer months.
