Long before Ukraine was a modern nation, Viking warriors from Sweden laid the foundations of a medieval Slavic state—the Kievan Rus. Drawn east by silver from the Islamic Caliphate, these Norsemen ...

The markings don’t stop there: on one side, the sword a circle with an X layered inside, known as a sun wheel or sonnenrad.

The iron sword contained symbols that formed the shape of a cross and was found abandoned on purpose during maintenance work.

While both Sweden and Denmark have Viking Age heritage sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Norway does not. 'That's a bit ...

Greer Jarrett has identified four possible small ports, or “havens,” used by Vikings along the Norwegian coast.

When a metal detector beeped on the Norwegian island of Senja, archaeologists suspected it may be Vikings. But they weren’t ...

Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy during the Viking Age ...

A METAL detectorist has accidentally discovered a 1000-year-old Viking sword fragment with unique animal carvings. The incredible discovery was made by a treasure hunter Sander Visser while scannin… ...

To read about sword hilts found protruding from the soil in a Viking cemetery near the Swedish town of Köping, go to "Standing Swords." Recommended Articles. Features July/August 2025.

This photo taken in July 2018 and released by the Jonkopings lans Museum on Friday, Oct. 5 2018 shows a pre-Viking era sword in Jonkopings, Sweden.

Upright swords, Köping, Sweden (Arkeologerna Statens historiska museer). While excavating a Viking cemetery near the Swedish town of Köping, archaeologists discovered a pair of sword hilts ...

Two ancient Viking swords have been unearthed from a stone burial chamber in central Sweden during a highway excavation. The weapons had been left untouched for roughly 1,200 years and provide an ...