Revelatory new DNA analysis has suggested that people with Nordic heritage could be found in Britain centuries before the Vikings first arrived. According to this new analysis, the Nordic presence ...

The Nordic Bronze Age shaped Viking culture with trade, war, art, and music, as revealed in a 2025 symposium by top ...

Over 1,000 years ago, on June 8th 793 AD, a small band of Vikings sailed down the eastern coast of England. Their target was a monastery, called Lindisfarne, and they decided to launch a surprise ...

The Vikings sure got around back in their day. Travelling from Scandinavia to Britain, Ireland, and all the way to North America and Russia, the most violent of the bunch raided ships everywhere ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...

In the frosty lands of Sweden and Finland, where fjords shimmer and legends echo, a curious tradition unfolds each winter. On Anna's Day, the great preparation begins — not for battle, nor for plunder ...

On 22 March 871, West Saxon forces met the incoming Viking invasion, and a brutal battle took place. Much of this conflict is lost to history, including the location of the battle, as reports vary ...

Maritime archaeologists in Sweden have discovered a shipwreck beneath the cold waters of the Baltic Sea—a vessel believed to be the oldest known carvel-built ship in the Nordic region.

'Bloodaxe,' co-created by Horatio Hirst, will chronicle the rise of one the best known Viking warriors. By Rick Porter Television Writer Vikings creator Michael Hirst is heading back to ...