The newly uncovered Viking-age grave in coastal Norway has stunned archaeologists, not because of its weapons or treasure, ...

Silver was the Vikings’ treasure of choice. Their affinity for the metal gives discoveries of silver artifacts significant ...

Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

Archaeologists recently uncovered invaluable treasure that was buried by Vikings over 1,000 years ago. The University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology announced the discovery in a press release ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of Viking treasure that was hidden for more than a 1,000 years. The treasure was found on a mountainside in Årdal, Hjelmeland municipality, in Norway, the ...

The newly uncovered Viking-era grave in central Norway is forcing archaeologists to rethink what they thought they knew about ...

The burial plots were spread over nine separate archaeological sites. Archaeologists uncovered "unusual" Viking burial plots and treasures across a number of archaeolgical sites. Large cremation sites ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved carved oak vessel were the skeletons ...

An archaeologist in Sweden spent three years traveling in vessels built like those from 1,000 years ago. He discovered lost sea routes, hidden trade harbors and new respect for Viking seamanship. By ...

A Swedish archaeologist has sailed a replica Viking boat for 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers), which helped him to identify what he says are four previously unknown harbors along the coast of Norway ...

An archaeology student unearthed seven “spectacular” Viking-era curled silver arm rings earlier this year north of Denmark’s second-largest city, a Danish museum said on Monday, adding the finding has ...

A new study has offered a glimpse of the stark reality of pregnancy in the Viking Age, via an analysis of art and literature from the period. The analysis is based on multidisciplinary evidence and ...