The Ash Pendant was discovered in a Viking Age burial mound in Sweden and may have been used by a female shaman.

The Vikings were unstoppable not just because of their raiding skills but because of their advanced techniques in shipbuilding, their fearless mentality, and their adaptability as both traders and ...

A man who crafted a replica Viking shield in his garden shed before donating it to a museum on the Isle of Man said the ...

Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

Rök runestone, one of the world's most famous, is believed to have been erected by Vikings fearing a repeat of a previous cold climate crisis in Scandinavia. With hit TV shows and recent ...

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Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

If you're like me and the extent of your Norse history comes from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, then you might benefit from attending Let's Vike It, the region's first Viking-themed festival. Bringing ...

Happy with the inaugural Great Northern Viking Festival, founder Inga From eyed the revelry she and volunteers helped create during the weekend at Jack McGowan farm. From said the all-volunteer effort ...