This article was written by Martha Hayden and first appeared on The Restless Viking website on July 16, 2024. Did you know ...

Additionally, with the cooperation of archaeologists researching Viking-age house sites ... to spend all my time hiding behind a big thick shield, having to use both hands hefting a big axe ...

These are some of the realities uncovered by the first interdisciplinary study to focus on pregnancy in the Viking age, authored by myself, Kate Olley, Brad Marshall and Emma Tollefsen as part of ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that ...

Viking skulls reveal severe morbidity Date: February 21, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A VIKING age hall believed to be the largest of its kind ever discovered in Britain has been uncovered during an archaeological dig at High ...

Military veterans have built a 30ft replica Viking longboat in a County Durham project aimed at boosting mental health. More than 100 former servicemen and women have helped to build Stormbird ...

Bob Marshall (right) and Colin Laycock in their workshop in Darlington, working on a 30ft replica Viking longboat (Owen Humphreys/PA) Military veterans have completed a 30ft replica Viking ...

Veterans have built a 30ft (9m) replica Viking longboat in a long-running project to boost their mental health. More than 100 former servicemen and women have helped to construct Stormbird at a ...

wearing custom made suits and shields, and wielding axes. They spend all year building a replica Viking longboat galled a Galley, and at the end of the night they set it on fire. The Viking age ...

Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship, migration patterns and more.