Uncover the fascinating Viking-age monetary system with the analysis of a thousand-year-old iron ring from Sweden.

When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

It was an un-fire-gettable night in Lerwick this week as their world-famous fire festival filled the streets with flames and ...

Explore an abandoned hobbit house in Iceland, built in the traditional Viking-age turf style! This unique and enchanting ...

Near the coast of the Norwegian town called Fitjar, a Viking age graveyard of three high-status women has been discovered, ...

Archaeology director says the piece comes "from what must have been one of Scandinavia's most magnificent helmets." ...

The extent of their raids had a resounding genetic impact throughout much of Europe, as researchers found that many people outside of Scandinavia during the Viking Age had a mix of local and ...

Researchers identified a Roman-era gladiator or soldier with partial Scandinavian ancestry, offering evidence of significant migrations long before the Viking Age. Using an innovative DNA analysis ...

The team then used the method to uncover a later additional northward wave of migration into Scandinavia at the end of the Iron Age (300–800 AD) and just before the Viking Age. They showed that ...

Nevertheless, there was a clear shift in the eighth century CE (early Viking Age) in Zealand (present-day Denmark), which persisted among later Viking age groups in Denmark. Taken together ...

Germanic-speaking people move north into Scandinavia before the Viking Age The team then used the method to uncover a later additional northward wave of migration into Scandinavia at the end of ...