A massive 1,100-year-old graveyard leads to a surprising new view of the Nordic legacy ... his lands from the Vikings. Leberecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo Here history collides with myth ...

Revelatory new DNA analysis has suggested that people with Nordic heritage could be found in Britain centuries before the Vikings first ... a professor of medieval history at King's College ...

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 ...

NEIL OLIVER:Today, even over a thousand years later, people still believe the Vikings were simply dangerous and fierce warriors. NEIL OLIVER:Thank you. NEIL OLIVER:I just want you to tell me what ...

The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people ...

Explain how the Vikings still influence us today, especially through language, and how they were more than just invaders and great warriors. This clip is suitable for teaching History at KS2 and ...

Hard rock and heavy metal have long had a love affair with the Vikings. Led Zeppelin arguably kicked the whole thing off with Immigrant Song in 1970, singer Robert Plant memorably wailing, ‘ Valhalla, ...

Explore the world of the Vikings including ships, Nordic boats, maritime trades ... 600 years taking you on a voyage of Danish seafaring history. Frederiksborg Castle: Another important landmark ...