The research "debunks the modern image of Vikings." ...

This highlights that there were people with Scandinavian ancestry in Britain earlier than the Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods which started in the 5th century AD. Germanic-speaking people move north ...

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

Mysterious medieval stone disks unearthed in Ukraine were likely used by the Vikings as solar compasses to navigate the seas, ...

Grand Magus’s JB Christoffersson, Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and mediaeval history lecturer Simon Trafford explain why heavy ...

It has been suspected that Viking blood was in the British DNA before the hordes raided in earnest from the 8th century Credit: mikroman6/Moment RF The team discovered a Scandinavian buried in a ...

This insinuates that people of Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain before the Anglo-Saxon period (around 400 A.D. to 1,000 A.D.) and Viking period (around 800 A.D. to 1,000 A.D.). Genetic analysis ...

Featuring more than 500 treasures, some never before seen outside of Scandinavia, The Vikings Exhibition shows us why—even 1,000 years later—Viking culture still captivates our imagination.

An exceptionally rare gold-plated fragment of a pre-Viking helmet adorned with red ... This piece comes from what must have been one of Scandinavia's most magnificent helmets," said Julie Nielsen ...