For material evidence, he had the age-crusted sword, broken in two, and fragments of the ax and shield which were buried with “The Beardmore Viking” in Ontario. These relics were found in 1931 ...

Ship-shaped graves have been identified at the site, which came to light during investigations of an earlier Stone Age ...

Archaeologists in central Denmark have unearthed a rare Viking Age burial site containing what they called around 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" skeletons. This significant discovery could ...

Often "when we excavate bodies from the Viking age, we are lucky if there are just a few teeth," Lundø said to CNN. But in this case, the dampness of the region meant that for "long periods of ...

The legendary Fimbulwinter that preludes Ragnarök may have been inspired by a series of harsh years that took place after 536 ...

Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more. WHYY thanks ...

Families experienced live forging demonstrations of swords and axes with “LaForge,” learned the ways of life of Viking ...

Classic party-based RPGs are few and far between in the age of battle ... with some Viking-themed special win conditions such as being the first to forge Odin’s Sword or discovering and taking ...

Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more.