A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history.

The Sverris saga, a quasi-fictional historical account from the end of the 12th century CE, recaps the reign of the medieval ...

Later that evening, as revelers kick up their heels at parties, I marvel at the power the Vikings still hold over our imaginations. Dead and gone for centuries, these medieval seafarers and ...

They were kept in storage for more than 100 years, dismissed as typical examples of Viking Age funeral clothes. But a new investigation into the garments - found in 9th and 10th Century graves ...

A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to ...

Most of the combs were made from red deer antler, although some were made from bone An unearthed collection of Viking combs is ... centre of a developing early medieval world for one particular ...

Far better contemporary sources from the later Viking Age are available to document the activities of men and their uses of ships from c.950-1100, and Judith Jesch undertakes in this book the first ...

Archaeologists have made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground containing some 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" skeletons.

How many Vikings did you dig up in the last year? Zero? Well, archaeologists working with Denmark’s Museum Odense found more than 50 viking graves in just six months. Pretty, pretty, pretty ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...