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

Burial Chamber Reveals 1,200-Year-Old Upright Viking Swords, Symbol of Respect to Valhalla Warriors Two ancient Viking swords were discovered in a stone burial chamber in central Sweden during a ...

As axes are brandished across Lerwick today, a far more ancient Viking weapon has found its way to Shetland Museum and Archives. A sword pommel found in Fetlar and dated between AD 900-1100 has been ...

A PRETTY UK city has two rather unusual claims to fame – with the home of chocolate and a massive Viking event. Hundreds of ...

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

This team used a mix of archaeology, sociology, and the study of skeletons and runestones—stones with ancient inscriptions—to explore how violence ... The study uncovered over 3,000 swords from the ...

But despite its humorous nature, this ancient poop offers ... piece together details about Viking diets, health, and living conditions in ways that no sword or treasure ever could.

In an ancient cemetery in ... While the function of weapons remains ambiguous for burials like the one in Hungary, there is now no doubt about the Viking burial at Birka in Sweden: The woman ...

Shortly afterward, they reported the find to local authorities, with experts from the Częstochowa Museum taking the sword in for further analysis and preservation. Based on initial examinations, ...

Those who could not run fast enough were killed and their helmets, weapons and armour were stolen. The Vikings did not send many ships on their first raids. They made surprise attacks on ...