New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray ... Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 years with exhibits ...

There's no shortage of things the Vikings did that history books don't talk about ... At Gotland Island, visitors can walk the historic trail of ancient Vikings. The island has burial grounds ...

Two major Viking Age museums are the highlight of a visit to Ribe, the oldest town in Denmark and a must-visit on any tour of ...

For anyone who romanticizes life in the Viking ... history, when the region was moving from traditional Norse beliefs toward Christianity. Varnhem is known for its thousands of ancient graves ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...

Amleth (who embodies the traditional hypermasculine Viking warrior ideal that dominates today's modern reimaginings of this ancient history) is partaking in the spoils of a violent raid on an ...

A must-visit for Viking Age enthusiasts, the Stavanger region's Norse legacy is celebrated in monuments, museums, and a modern VR experience.

Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable discoveries in recent history: a group of 50 skeletons found in a burial ground, believed to be from the Viking Era. The skeletal remains ...

Renowned space archeologist Sarah Parcak takes up the case, and is on the trail of the Vikings. What she discovers just might rewrite history. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by ...

NEIL OLIVER:These dark lines, etched into the marble, are Viking runes ancient Viking writing ... This clip is suitable for teaching History at KS2 and KS3 in England, Second Level (Scotland ...