Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland, Sweden’s second-largest island. At first, he thought the ...

You will learn about the different written sources and what they can teach us about pre-Christian religion in northern Europe in the Viking Age. This course surveys the primary collection of Old Norse ...

The skeletal remains could help scientists unearth some of the mysteries around Viking DNA, and provide new answers about this centuries-old civilization ... from the Viking age, we are lucky ...

Archeologists in Sweden have uncovered a stockpile of silver that they believe is approximately 1,000 years old. The items ... Täby, a "Viking Age settlement" located outside Stockholm ...

A must-visit for Viking Age enthusiasts, the Stavanger region's Norse legacy is celebrated in monuments, museums, and a modern VR experience.

And frankly, I'm just tired of the Viking Age being used exclusively as a setting to justify depictions of unfettered hypermasculinity, to exercise the same old male-centric anxieties about ...

"Such ring pins were especially used by men at the top of society in Viking Age Ireland and on the neighboring ... according to CBS News. 22-Year-Old Said His Head Hurt After Riding Six Flags ...

Plus, we still use some of their Old Norse language today ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes.