When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

A dig site in Pacé, Brittany has thus far turned up artifacts from the Late Bronze Age through to the medieval era ...

Did Vikings visit America in the distant past, leaving evidence by carving runes on a massive stone in eastern Oklahoma? It's still a mystery.

The Viking Age (c. 800–1050 CE) is famous for its raids and settlements across Europe. Genetic evidence aligns with historical records, showing Scandinavian ancestry among Viking-era individuals in ...

A Roman road dating between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE was identified during an excavation, and a gold ring with an ...

Talking about the Viking Age is like saying we live in the Navy ... Origins and Heritage Took Part in Raiding, Trading and Settlement Both Within and Beyond Scandinavia’ doesn’t have quite ...

In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

building settlements and introducing their technologies, including navigation tools, to the local communities. Archaeology breakthrough: Human remains reveal evidence of cannibalism in Bronze Age ...

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Tracing temple-studded coastlines and rivers that gave birth to epoch-shaping civilizations, these sailings reveal how the waves have shaped our world.