Archaeologist Cat Jarman, a Viking Age specialist, joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the Vikings. When did the Viking Age begin? How do we know about the Vikings? Where did ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A reconstructed Viking ship pulled into Dublin on Tuesday nearly 1,000 years after the original sank off Denmark's coast, with its crew retracing the gruelling voyages made by ...

“For this next part, everyone is going to need an axe.” One at a time, 12 undergraduate students chose a blade from the toolbox in a studio at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark, a city about ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, fetuses set to avenge their fathers—and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the realities ...

Waterford Ireland is the country’s oldest city, founded in 914 A.D. after the arrival of the Vikings. The history of this ancient port is maintained in its many remarkable buildings around the city ...

A treasure trove of Viking coins and jewelry that is believed to have originated in Ireland or Scotland was found near a Viking fortress in Denmark in April 2023. The rare collection was discovered in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came ...

It took 10 years of work to prepare a Viking longship for a trip no longer than a football field. How it got to that spot ...

Did you enjoy The Vikings series on Netflix? Or what about Vikings: Valhalla? The sword-swinging, globe-trotting adventures are starting up again this month with the first episode airing on 12 January ...

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 ...