Like so many critical ice formations worldwide, Norway's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate as global temperatures ...
The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...
Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous ...
Overall, the study tells us that by 1021 CE, the Vikings were already in North America. They could have been there earlier, possibly at a different site; but at L’Anse aux Meadows, they already ...
A new display showcases the "extraordinary" Viking and Bronze Age treasur Isle of Man over the past 200 years. The National ...