A newly uncovered ship burial on Norway’s coast reveals that elite maritime traditions existed centuries before the Vikings ...

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social status, and the harsh realities of life and death. Reading time 4 minutes ...

Archaeologists have dated a ship burial in Norway’s Herlaugshaugen mound to around CE 700, about 100 years before the Viking Age traditionally began. The find, made on the island of Leka, challenges ...

“For this next part, everyone is going to need an axe.” One at a time, 12 undergraduate students chose a blade from the toolbox in a studio at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, a city about ...

A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5 captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look back at Scandinavian history is ...

KIDS IN MANCHESTER GOT A HANDS ON HISTORY LESSON ABOUT VIKINGS TODAY. LOOK AT THIS. THE GROUP CALLED STRAUMFJORD FROM EXETER RECREATES LIFE DURING THE IRON AGE AND VIKING ERA. THEY BROUGHT AUTHENTIC ...

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The Jelling stones are large carved runestones from the 10th century. From the year 800 to 1050, what we now know as Denmark played a central role as a home base for Viking expeditions far and wide.

Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable discoveries in recent history: a group of 50 skeletons found in a burial ground, believed to be from the Viking Era. The skeletal remains ...

Viking explorer Leif Erikson is remembered with a large statue in front of the landmark church Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavik, Iceland. Thanks to famous tales of discovery involving the likes of Erik ...