VIKING BOOKS

The vikings left an indelible mark on history, particularly European history, as they raided, looted, pillaged, and conquered...

Iceland’s early viking settlers built extensive cave systems to survive...

One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and...

Kaupang was a harbor town supposedly located within the larger district known in the literature as “Skiringssal”...

The project will provide an interactive experience for visitors to glimpse the island's Norse history...

One such day was the 8 June, 793. That was the day the Vikings attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...

Norway's Viking ships can finally look forward to an improved home following the government's change of heart on funding...

Mosekærstenen is the 44th runestone found in the area around Randers, and the National Museum must now appraise the stone to determine ho...

Pieces of an ornamental Viking sword have been reunited after 1,200 years apart...

The vikings were influenced by cultures before and informed those after, finding an artefact that genuinely adds to the picture of the Vi...

Ten years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...

The first European king to set sail for the Holy land was from Norway, Sigurd I, in the summer of 1110 a.C....

Ninth-century France proved very lucrative for the Vikings. It was a land marred by civil war and bad harvests, and the Norsemen took adv...

There had been debates among historians on whether real female Viking warriors who fought, raided, and ransacked just as fiercely as men...

The survey has now revealed a boat grave in addition to several burial mounds. The boat measures between 8 to 9 metres and was placed in....

The Weaver’s Sword is a Viking artefact, believed to date to the late 11th century...

Durante séculos, os vikings viajaram de toda a Escandinávia para se juntar à elite da Guarda Varangiana que protegia o imperador romano o...

Viking artefacts were found in Bebington, Merseyside which will be examined to uncover new insights into where they came from...

An app developed by academics at the University of Liverpool aims to change that, and to reveal how important Lancashire and Lakeland were..

Valhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...

Archaeologists say discoveries from Papa Westray are “mind-blowing” as work continues to unravel the evidence of early Viking settlers...

An extremely rare golden piece of jewellery from Egypt has been found in West Jutland, Denmark...

New technical analysis dates Yale’s Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested...

They were employed by the Vikings during their expeditions. How would cats help these legendary conquerors, you might ask?...