The Vikings were far more complex than the stereotypes suggest. Archaeology and DNA evidence reveal a society with traders, lawmakers, poets, entrepreneurs, and even female warriors. This video ...

From the storied shores of Scandinavia to the ancient cities of the Mediterranean, Europe is rich with remnants of its past. Roamed by early hunter-gatherers, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and many ...

Denmark’s countryside has produced an outsized share of the archaeological record for the Viking Age, and a newly excavated ...

In the village of Val in coastal central Norway, archaeologists excavated two medieval burials filled with weapons, jewelry, and skeletal remains in an unusually good state of preservation. One grave ...