Whether your name was Snorri or Erik, your daily life as a Viking was a meat-filled, chess-playing, human-sacrificing ...

Archaeologists excavating a former farm on the west coast of Norway recently uncovered three graves dating back to the ninth ...

Regardless of the mystery’s resolution, the Skumsnes graves are prime examples highlighting the important roles women often played in ancient Viking culture, as well as the care given to them ...

Pagan Viking culture wasn’t necessarily more open-minded than neighbouring Medieval Christianity along gender lines either. It was a form of insult to say a Norse woman carried weapons ...

Archaeologists found a “treasure trove” of riches from the Viking age in the graves of three wealthy women.

Clíona Purcell, a native of Carrick-on-Suir, has recently been appointed Head Curator of Waterford Treasures collection of ...

[They] had absorbed its culture. Just as when they settled in England, they became English. When they arrived in England, they were already Franks, not Scandinavians, although they had their own ...

We invited writers from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their ...

So far, three graves belonging to women who lived during the early Viking Age have been excavated. These burials stand out for the quality and quantity of jewelry and tools found, reflecting the ...

Skol is a popular phrase that is part of Vikings culture as the team does a "Skol Chant" before home games. Hoofnagle has been a regular at Vikings games this season. She even hit the road for ...

The Minnesota Vikings are trying to infiltrate the Detroit Lions' den at Ford Field. The NFL says all is fair in love and football. The Vikings have spent nearly $2 million on tickets on the ...

One of the women’s graves featured stones carefully arranged in the shape of a long Viking boat, likely as a ritual to aid her journey to the afterlife, they added. Archaeology breakthrough ...