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

Photograph by David Guttenfelder A helmet outfitted with beardlike chain mail protected a wealthy lord who lived before the Viking age, when Scandinavia was wracked by turmoil. Photographs by ...

From the eighth to 11th centuries, as Norsemen from Scandinavia conducted ... In a millennium era as we're in now, this is the inspiration of the Vikings: It's not only the historical impact ...

But the Viking Age (750–1050 CE) brought a twist. The team discovered that by the 8th century, a wave of central European ancestry had swept into Scandinavia. This influx reshaped the genetic ...

highlighting the rich history of the Viking Age in Scandinavia. Yet, just across the border in Sweden, there’s a treasure trove of Norse history already visible and accessible, offering a ...

The period bridges the gap between the Germanic Iron Age and the era traditionally associated with Viking expansion ... from what must have been one of Scandinavia's most magnificent helmets ...

A Viking Age hall, believed to be the largest of its kind ever discovered in Britain, has been uncovered during an ...

Viking have introduced a new comprehensive Scandinavian voyage to their cruising repertoire. The 22-day Icons of the Viking ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Steeped in history from the Viking Age to the Age of Reason, Uppsala is packed with historical landmarks. Yet one of the biggest ...

Vikings travelled from Scandinavia to Britain ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes. There is writing from the ...

Vikings travelled from Scandinavia to Britain ... The Vikings themselves did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes. There is writing from the ...