Archaeologist Greer Jarrett from Lund University in Sweden has spent three years retracing the voyages of Vikings, uncovering ...

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 ...

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 ...

New research has revealed the horrors of the Viking age, as the study of skulls showed evidence of devastating disease and infections. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden used ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

using their shields to protect themselves while thrusting their swords through gaps in the formation. The Influence of Viking Swords on European Weaponry The influence of Viking swords didn’t end with ...

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.

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

An X-ray of a soil block from the site revealed an oval brooch, an iconic Viking Age jewelry piece associated with women’s garments, covered with wood and human remains. On the back of another ...