Between the 8th and 11th centuries, Vikings used their longships to travel from Scandinavia to raid, trade and settle in lands far and wide. While the Lindisfarne raid, the settlements on Scottish ...
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 ...
The collection of Viking-age gold and silver from Britain and Ireland in the British Museum -- The discovery and dispersal of the Cuerdale Hoard -- The Cuerdale coins / Gareth Williams ; with a ...
On a quiet Norwegian farm, what looked like a tangle of buried wires turned out to be something far older and far more ...
Archaeologist Cat Jarman, a Viking Age specialist, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Vikings. When did the Viking Age begin? How do we know about the Vikings? Where did ...
Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.