Discover 2,000 years of history amid the picturesque streets of York. A Roman fortress, then a Viking stronghold, followed by a Medieval wool-trading center, then an Industrial railway hub ...

These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at ...

The Trelleborg ring fortress was built by Viking King Harald Bluetooth more than 1,000 years ago - Copyright AFP Tony KARUMBA The Trelleborg ring fortress was built ...

which were discovered in 2023 near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark. And a large Viking burial site was discovered in 2020 by Norwegian archaeologists.

When the Vikings came to Repton in the winter of 873 AD, they transformed the sacred church of St Wystan into a fortress. It was an important step in their bold attempt to take the whole of England.

Famed Viking monarch Harald Bluetooth built Trelleborg as a symmetrical ringed fortress for his warriors and a sign of his power. King Bluetooth, who the Bluetooth wireless technology is named ...

The Trelleborg ring fortress was built by Viking King Harald Bluetooth more than 1,000 years ago A UNESCO heritage site since 2023, Denmark's Trelleborg fortress has become popular with tourists A ...

A millennium-old Danish Viking fortress is wowing tourists by offering visitors a broader view of Scandinavia's famed marauders. Along with Denmark's four other known ring fortresses, Trelleborg ...