Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of "unusual" Viking burial plots, as well as artifacts, which are spread over nine ...

Additional discoveries included the remains of horses and riders buried alongside each other, along with their equipment.

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

A new display showcases the "extraordinary" Viking and Bronze Age treasures unearthed on the Isle of Man over the past 200 years. The National Treasures exhibition at the House of Manannan in Peel ...

A Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham has led an ambitious new project and produced a fresh, ...

Thousands of people are set to descend on York as Europe’s largest Viking festival, the JORVIK Viking Festival, returns to the city.

Man found a Viking hoard using a metal detector with hacksilver, scrap silver used as bullion for weight trade, alongside cut coin fragments.

A hiker discovered a reindeer trap emerging from melting ice in western Norway. Hunting accoutrement followed.

The frosty makeover of Jorvik Viking Centre has been inspired by the Norse goddess Skadi, and brings snow and ice to the streets of 10th-century Coppergate - but visitors can still expect a warm ...