Throughout the last century, the Vikings have been depicted in so many inaccurate ways. They were male-dominated, brutal, homogenous, and, of course, they wore the infamous horned helmet. In reality, ...

Weddings are one of the oldest time-honored traditions. Even though such a celebration is a common part of our modern lives, ancient cultures also acknowledged and gathered for the joining of two ...

The Norse ruins at Qassiarsuk in Greenland were probably Brattahlid. the home of Viking explorer Erik the Red. Sometime before the year 1000, Norse settlers arrived in Greenland to continue the period ...

The Thule Inuit people and Norse both hunted walrus in the High Arctic in the 13th century, according to a new study. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Vikings from Greenland — the first Europeans to arrive in the Americas — lived in a village in Canada’s Newfoundland exactly 1,000 years ago, according to research published Wednesday. Scientists have ...

Did Norse adventurers dig deeper into North America than we thought? Or is it a hoax? What if the Minnesota Vikings were real? Ok, I know football is real, but like…the real vikings. Not like that ...

Some 800 years ago, people inhabiting what is now Greenland were importing timber from mainland North America, according to an analysis of ancient pieces of wood 1. Norse people lived in Greenland ...

A new study questions the popular notion that 10th-century Norse people were able to colonize Greenland because of a period of unusually warm weather. Based upon signs left by old glaciers, ...

Today, the name "Thor" likely conjures up an image of a well-muscled Chris Hemsworth playing the Norse-inspired superhero on the big screen. For the actual Vikings, the god of thunder may have ...