An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may ... Two iron stirrups lay nearby, as well as surviving bits of costly clothing and an ancient board game. Arranged around the ...

Archaeologists started excavating the massive farm in 2020 and spent years cleaning, analyzing and documenting their hundreds of finds.

Farms that made fine clothing held high status,” Diinhoff ... highlighting the important roles women often played in ancient Viking culture, as well as the care given to them ahead of their ...

A Viking settlement near Wigton is set to host its third annual ancient crafts festival ... coins, ornaments, clothing, and various everyday use items such as metal implements, baskets, pottery ...

Bones and teeth of ancient Scandinavians excavated from burials ... craft an unprecedented picture of the region’s storied Viking culture. The researchers looked at ancient DNA spanning 2,000 ...

Either way, the Christmas icon in modern times may echo a tradition from as far back as ancient times, particularly in a changing medieval Scandinavia. Popularly known as the home of the Vikings ...

Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the Vikings.

They read a research article based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age town of Varnhem. The town’s thousands of ancient graves hold many well-preserved Viking skeletons.