Viking-era sword found by an 8-year-old boy in Norway. Credit: Innlandet County Municipality. A school outing in Norway ended ...

The Vikings have travelled to where they've never been before — landlocked Alberta — as part of a touring exhibition at the new Royal Alberta Museum. Come for the swords, stay for the ship, and learn ...

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The unusual placement of a sword found in a Viking grave suggests the weapon was brandished by a southpaw warrior, in what is an unusual discovery. “I’m a little surprised at how heavy it was,” Astrid ...

While scouring the land, something caused his metal detector to sound. After digging a little less than eight inches into the ground, Visser was met with an ancient object that was instantly ...

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have worked with the Wallace Collection to analyse the contents of Viking swords – and the results shed new light on trade routes in ...

Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the 1,100-year-old grave of a Viking warrior, whose steel sword was placed in an unusual spot: on his left side. Though the sword's sinistral position is still ...

Shipwreck's pollen secrets: Researchers decoded a Roman vessel’s travels and repairs by analyzing pollen trapped in its resin-based waterproof coatings. Viking treasures unearthed: Silver bracelets in ...

ATLANTA — What do you know about Vikings? Did they wear horned helmets, carry large swords, and raid and pillage everything in their path on their journeys across the high seas? That’s part of their ...

Before Alfred the Great, there was Æthelwulf—the Noble Wolf who held Wessex together with sword and strategy. His reign was ...