Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the oldest Viking settlement in Iceland. The ancient longhouse is thought to be a summer settlement built in the 800s, decades before seafaring refugees ...

Archaeologists in Norway are using laser scanning technology to help reveal the ancient Viking settlement hidden beneath a saint-king’s church. Last year researchers in Trondheim, Norway ...

The hoard, dating back roughly 1,000 years, was found on the shores of the Schlei, an inlet in the Baltic Sea.

The Iron Age settlement most likely belonged to a Viking Age 'kaupang', or market place. The oldest of the two churches is constructed with heavy posts dug down from the upper horizon of the sand.

Traces of around 60 Viking Age coastal settlements have been found on Gotland, says Carlsson. Most were small fishing hamlets with jetties apportioned among nearby farms.

Archaeologists have discovered a Viking-era settlement, as well as 11 human skeletons (not pictured) from a later time period, during a dig in Estonia. A stock image shows an archaeologist ...

Denmark is rich in Viking Age history, with many sites that offer insights into this fascinating period. Here's how you can make the most of a trip to Viking Denmark.

Woodstown seems to have been occupied during the second half of the ninth and the first half of the 10th centuries, when a substantial settlement around Reginald’s Tower in Waterford city began ...

On a farm in Denmark, more than a half-dozen pieces of Viking Age silver jewelry that doubled as money were unearthed. Gustav Brunnsgaard, a 22-year-old metal detectorist and archaeology student ...

The house was part of a Viking-age settlement buried by a landslide in 1150. While searching the floor of the house, archaeologists uncovered an animal figurine likely used as a children’s toy.

Einarsson has directed a private archaeological firm for more than 20 years, and from 2009 excavated a Viking Age settlement at Vogur, on Iceland's west coast, which depended on hunting walruses ...