Somewhere in the forests outside Rold, a small town in northern Denmark, a man out for a walk noticed something glinting in ...

An archaeological revolution has overturned decades of assumptions.

Six solid gold arm rings, described as a “completely unique find,” have been uncovered ...

Gold bracelets were just sticking out of the ground in Denmark.

The Rold Treasure consists of a total of six gold arm rings with a combined weight of 762.5 grams, making it the third largest Viking Age gold find in Denmark. (North Jutland Museums / CC BY-SA) ...

Aethelred the Unready viewed the attacks on his kingdom as divine retribution. He hoped that a show of public penance, ...

A Viking Age gold hoard of six solid gold arm rings found in Denmark ranks third largest in the country's history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cathedral in Odense houses the remains of Viking king Knud IV. Johan Tobias Joensen/Visit Odense/dpa-tmn Once upon a time, ...

In an accidental find, a 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark, packed with a "spectacular" trove of ancient objects, a ...

A Viking toolbox found in Denmark has been opened for the first time in 1,000 years, revealing an extraordinary set of iron hand tools that may have been used to make Viking ships and houses, ...

Denmark is a land of Viking legends, medieval towns, and fascinating history, yet few places capture the spirit of the past so vividly as Ribe. As Denmark’s oldest town, Ribe is a must-visit ...

A Viking burial site from the 10th century has been excavated in central Denmark. Consisting of 30 graves, the area was uncovered by chance in the village of Lisbjerg five miles north of Aarhus, the ...