The Vikings' reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years.

Archaeologists recently discovered the remains of more than 50 Vikings, as well as the artifacts they were buried with, in a Danish village. The ground in which the bodies were found had soil ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... proving the sagas were not just fiction. Vikings had indeed reached the coast of ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray ... Evidence for the Vikings in Wales is sparse, but a hoard of five exquisite silver ...

It was supposed to be a routine Stone Age settlement excavation to clear a path for a new roundabout and water pipes near ...

as well as with data from 1,118 ancient individuals. The results show much more intermixing of genetic material than they ...

Renowned space archeologist Sarah Parcak takes up the case, and is on the trail of the Vikings. What she discovers just might rewrite history. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the remains of more than 50 Vikings, as well as the artifacts ... meaning that researchers can study the ancient DNA. Items uncovered at the site include a ...