An attentive passerby noticed something in a wetland in Sweden and picked up a rusty brown loop. The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder, who chose to remain anonymous, visited a ...

The year 2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War II, which claimed more lives than any other war in human history. Victory in Europe Day, May 8, commemorates the ending of fighting on the ...

Curious and puzzling objects are appearing as glaciers around the world continue to thaw. From oddly shaped wooden tools and ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

“I thought it just can’t be,” Sutherland says, so she expanded her museum search and discovered a trove of Viking artifacts, from whetstones for sharpening metal knives to tally sticks for ...

Researchers excavated the pieces and as they dug deeper into the pile, they found more than 10 pounds of artifacts carefully buried in a hoard. The pieces dated to around 900 A.D. or the Viking Age.

ALEXANDRIA — The hosts of a forthcoming television documentary series will be in Alexandria this week. Johann Sigurdson and David Collette, members of the famed Explorers Club and hosts of "West ...

The artifacts have been frozen in ice for centuries ... “They are all small things, everyday objects from the Viking era or earlier, which cannot be found in other archaeological contexts ...

Among the artifacts, the team found two well-preserved ... These objects offer a glimpse into daily life during the Viking era, according to Scienze Notizie. Some items they find are just "strange ...