When we think of Vikings, images of horned helmets, mighty beards, and fearsome warriors spring to mind. These impressions, popularized by myths and modern media, don’t necessarily reflect historical ...

What would a Viking feast have been like? When would this get-together be held, what types of food would likely be served ...

The Viking Age conjures images of fierce warriors, longships cutting through icy waters, and raids that left their mark across Europe. But not all Vikings were the same. The groups from Norway, Sweden ...

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

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 ...

Once the capital of a Norse kingdom, this walled northern city is now home to an immersive Viking history museum, archaeological sites and street names that still echo its Scandinavian roots. Few ...

“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 windswept mound on England’s Cumbrian coast may conceal one of the most sought-after Viking burials in Britain: the grave of Ivarr “the Boneless”, a feared 9th-century war leader linked to the Great ...

Calamity after calamity befell Europe at the beginning of the so-called Dark Ages. The Roman Empire collapsed in the late fifth century. Volcanic eruptions in the mid-sixth century blocked out the sun ...

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.

A team of archaeologists has unearthed a Viking Age tomb comprising the remains of a shield and various grave goods amid preliminary work for the establishment of a house in Oslo, Norway, as reported ...