Norway’s Oseberg and Gokstad Viking ships are among the world’s greatest archaeological finds from the Viking Age. Following careful excavation and restoration, the ships are preserved in Oslo for ...

From the fragmented courts of a crumbling Frankish Empire to the mead halls of the Norse world, the story of Ragnar Lothbrok ...

A hoard of Viking Age silver coins unearthed from a field in Norway is largest discovery of its kind in the country's history.

Rök runestone, one of the world's most famous, is believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia. With hit TV shows and recent ...

“For this next part, everyone is going to need an axe.” One at a time, 12 undergraduate students chose a blade from the toolbox in a studio at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, a city about ...

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Norway's largest Viking coin hoard features 2,970 silver coins minted in England and Germany, reflecting foreign influence on the late Viking economy.

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A metal detectorist has uncovered a Viking Age silver ingot on the Isle of Man. John Smart discovered the 1,000-year-old, finger-sized sliver of metal while exploring the island, which sits in the ...

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Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between A.D ...