In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

Archaeologists Stumble on a Rich Burial Ground From the Viking Age on a Small Rocky Knoll, May Have Belonged to Women Recent ...

Did Vikings visit America in the distant past, leaving evidence by carving runes on a massive stone in eastern Oklahoma? It's still a mystery.

Talking about the Viking Age is like saying we live in the Navy SEAL Era. Image All that is true enough, writes Eleanor Barraclough in “Embers of the Hands,” her survey of Norse life outside ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable artifacts from Viking graves in Norway — all thanks to a pair of metal detectorists who unwittingly stumbled across the treasure. Søren Diinhoff, an ...

Researchers identified a Roman-era gladiator or soldier with partial Scandinavian ancestry, offering evidence of significant migrations long before the Viking Age. Using an innovative DNA analysis ...

Nevertheless, there was a clear shift in the eighth century CE (early Viking Age) in Zealand (present-day Denmark), which persisted among later Viking age groups in Denmark. Taken together ...