Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off the southeast coast of the mainland, surrounded by the Baltic Sea. It was ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. In 1992 Mark ...

“It’s extremely rare to find coins in Viking burials, and so far as I know, none have ever been found in a shield boss.” Ystgaard points out that Vikings were known to travel as far as ...

Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable discoveries in recent history: a group of 50 skeletons found in a burial ground, believed to be from the Viking Era. The skeletal remains ...

Karl-Oskar Erlandsson (an archaeologist from Kalmar) said that from the over 1,000 Viking-era bracelets in the country’s State Historical Museum, only three of the ancient objects are made of iron.