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

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray ... Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 years with exhibits ...

Play the game of 'Viking Quest', which takes you back to AD 793. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize? Your chief has set the challenge ...

The remnants of a large late-Viking-age hall were recently uncovered by a volunteer archaeology group at a farm in Silloth, Cumbria. The load-bearing timber found there was carbon dated to ...

With its distinct natural resources, its openness to the outside world, and the hierarchical society it fostered, the period ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...

They read a research article based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age town of Varnhem. The town's thousands of ancient graves hold many well-preserved Viking skeletons.

After more than 1,000 years, researchers believe they've finally decoded the mystery of the world's longest runestone, a ...

They read a research article based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age town of Varnhem. The town’s thousands of ancient graves hold many well-preserved Viking skeletons.

Amleth (who embodies the traditional hypermasculine Viking warrior ideal that dominates today's modern reimaginings of this ancient history) is partaking in the spoils of a violent raid on an ...

The ultra-luxury ship will cap her season with the "24-Day Route of The Vikings", following the historic ... "Our Northern Europe itineraries bring history and culture to life and provide ample ...

traditional metalworking and ancient weapons, all part of an immersive experience that showcased the daily life of the Norse people. Lesley Lindal-Dobson, a Viking history re-enactor, was among ...