Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of "unusual" Viking burial plots, as well as artifacts, which are spread over nine ...

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 ...

A pair of 13th-century Icelandic texts known as the “Vinland Saga” describes the journey of famous Norse explorer Leif Erikson to a land the Vikings called Vinland. Although there’s plenty of poetic ...

Man found a Viking hoard using a metal detector with hacksilver, scrap silver used as bullion for weight trade, alongside cut coin fragments.

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 ...

Biochemical evidence suggests Norse people settled in Iceland almost 70 years before the accepted arrival date of the 870s, ...

A new display showcases the "extraordinary" Viking and Bronze Age treasur Isle of Man over the past 200 years. The National ...

Greg Jenner is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian Dr Eleanor Barraclough and comedian Chloe Petts to learn about the ...

Thousands of people are set to descend on York as Europe’s largest Viking festival, the JORVIK Viking Festival, returns to the city.

Find out about life in Viking Dublin by visiting the Learning Resource Room at the Museum to see some replica Viking Artefacts! Take a look at Viking ...