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

This conclusion comes from the higher number of injuries on skeletons and the large number of weapons found in Norway. The research, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, reveals ...

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 ...

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Vikings have arrived in York as Europe’s largest festival celebrating all things Norse returns to the city for its 40th year.

The Battle of Svolder was a naval battle fought around the year 1000 between Olaf Tryggvason, the king of Norway, and a ...

In Norse Mythology, the goddess Freja is associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and farseeing magic. She is featured in many mythological stories and often in stories inspired by ...

The Norse myths are the myths of a chilly place, with long, long winter nights and endless summer days, myths of a people who did not entirely trust or even like their gods, although they respected ...

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 ...