The recent discovery of several Viking ship graves in Norway has lifted interest in Viking history to new heights. While there’s no doubting the fascinating discoveries being made, some truly ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of today's Scandinavians, according to scientists who also documented the outsized ...

“Get Out There” is a column for itchy footed humans written by long-time Paste contributor Blake Snow. Today we journey to Iceland, Norway, and the Faroe Islands on Viking Cruises. “You’re not the ...

LEKNES, Norway — Just a few years ago, the only Viking ship that appeared in the waterways around this town of 3,200 people was a replica of something more than a thousand years old. But over the past ...

A new study reported in the journal Cell on January 5 captures a genetic history across Scandinavia over 2,000 years, from the Iron Age to the present day. This look back at Scandinavian history is ...

The Vikings explored, raided and traded across a vast area stretching from North America to the Middle East between roughly the late eighth and mid-11th centuries. In Old Norse, the language the ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick ...

MOORHEAD - Minnesota Vikings training camp is still a month away, but a more authentic Viking camp will be up and running Friday and Saturday. The Midwest Viking and Scandinavian Hjemkomst festivals ...

In the biggest study of its kind, published in the journal Nature Wednesday, researchers found that many Vikings actually had brown hair. And they weren't just from Scandinavia. In a six-year study, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Vikings sailed from Scandinavia to Ireland around the year 795.