The stone tells a dramatic story about Scandinavian explorers in Minnesota. The translated message states: “8 Goths [Swedes] ...

This mixture of Viking and Christian symbols is remarkable. The municipality of Montfoort, where the sword was found, described it as “a story of a time when symbolism and faith were closely ...

As my train from Stockholm Arlanda Airport sped north toward Gävle, paralleling the Baltic Sea, my excitement grew. When we ...

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.

Nilsen has replicated both the shapes and colours of each bead from the original Hoen Hoard. "I make the beads the same way ...

When a metal detector beeped on the Norwegian island of Senja, archaeologists suspected it may be Vikings. But they weren’t suspecting anything like this. Just 20 centimeters beneath the soil, they ...

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… ...

Gold bird pendant. TVÅÅKER, SWEDEN—A Viking Age cemetery that contained more than 100 graves and several boat-shaped mounds known as stone ships has been found in southwestern ...

"It's been really fun, very entertaining." 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.

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 ...