How close did Scotland come to being a totally different entity in the 12th century when invaders from the Norse-Gaelic Kingdom of the Isles ...

Scientists have discovered a new technique to test the DNA of ancient bones – the findings could completely rewrite our ...

According to new analysis, the Nordic presence in the UK even pre-dates the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons on these shores, with ...

The Vikings first arrived in Britain in 793 AD, while the Anglo-Saxons' first noted presence was in 449 AD, therefore suggesting that Nordic genes were the earliest to appear in Britain.

When the Vikings first attacked Lindisfarne in Northumberland in 793 AD, it was to start a major upheaval that brought bloodshed, a new language and eventually the creation of England. The ...

In “Embers of the Hands,” the historian Eleanor Barraclough looks beyond the soap-opera sagas to those lost in the cracks of ...

From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way of testing DNA in ancient bones ...

Valhalla takes players on a journey through the eyes of Eivor, the Viking assassin. Experience the snowy landscapes of Norway before heading off to England ... chieftain on a conquest across ...

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If not, those decisions would simply help the Kremlin achieve its goals of territorial conquest, and promise ... empires were contiguous – unlike Britain’s, for example — most Russians ...

For the last 25 years is Vladimir Putin, a former KGB operative, has transformed the world for the worse with his campaign of chaos in service of his nation's interests.

The Vale of York Hoard, one of Britain's most significant Viking ... Viking leader during the unrest that followed the conquest of the Viking kingdom of Northumbria in the year 927 by the Anglo ...