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The 'blood eagle' torture and execution allegedly used by the Vikings is considered one of the worst ways to die, but how ...

From the eighth to 11th centuries, as Norsemen from Scandinavia conducted raids into Europe and elsewhere, they became known as Vikings—named after a place called viken in the Oslo fjord.

Grab a set of rings or a bar at hip height. Walk your feet forward until you’re hanging with straight arms. Keeping your ...

The study found a strong trade network between Greenland Norse and French abbeys, linking Cistercians to broader economies, ...

Vikings had indeed reached the coast of America ... Parcak’s team is confident that the remains were most likely left by Norsemen, but she is not yet 100 percent convinced.

Now sheep come and go at will, munching wild thyme where devout Norse Christian converts once knelt in prayer. The Vikings called this fjord Hvalsey, which means “Whale Island” in Old Norse.

Who were the mortal men and women behind the immortal legends of the Norsemen?

Hard rock and heavy metal have long had a love affair with the Vikings. Led Zeppelin arguably kicked the whole thing off with Immigrant Song in 1970, singer Robert Plant memorably wailing, ‘ Valhalla, ...