Travel back to the birth of Normandy and meet the Viking leader whose ambition changed the course of medieval history. In ...

A pebble discovered in Iceland might contain the oldest known picture in the country. The sandstone rock, no larger than a fingertip, was found in Stöð, an ancient settlement on the island’s east ...

“Only a member of the absolute cream of society would have been able to collect a treasure like the one found here.” Reading time 3 minutes Archaeologists in Denmark are stunned after the discovery of ...

Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...

The Detroit Lions face the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day. Kickoff from Minneapolis, Minnesota, is set for 4:30 p.m. ET.

More than a century after Norway's Gokstad ship burial was first excavated, scientists are examining the remains of the VIking chieftain buried inside and learning the truth about how he lived and ...

The grave of a mysterious Viking queen may hold the key to a 1,200-year-old case of suspected ritual killing, and scientists are planning to unearth her bones to find out. She is one of two women ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Irish actor Gabriel Byrne is going into battle as an 8th century Viking chieftain in History Channel's new nine-part scripted TV series "Vikings", starting on Sunday. Byrne's ...