In Autun, France, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old fabric woven with gold threads in an ancient burial site. The fabric, once a symbol of elite aristocracy, was found in a lead coffin, along ...

Calling all fairies, ghouls, pirates, or fearless knights! Channel your inner Viking at this unique Viking festival in Arkansas.

Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking-age building in a recent dig. Teams of volunteers dug up High ...

The coming-of-age story is a timeless genre -- often poignant, usually powerful, and sometimes funny -- and movies with this theme can be a great way to expose kids to important life lessons. These ...

Discovered in 2014 near Kirkcudbright, the Galloway Hoard became one of the UK’s most significant archaeological finds of the ...

Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...

Discoveries by detectorists, as well as beachcombers and mudlarkers — who search for items on riverbanks — shine new light ...

Discovered in a field in Scotland in 2014, the Viking Age "community property" is now the focus of a new exhibition in ...

A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.

A famed Viking-age silver hoard discovered in Scotland may have belonged to an entire community of people, rather than one ...

A rumor has spread online for years that Vikings believed a goat whose udders produced an endless supply of beer awaited them ...

A newly translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have ...