A medieval saga confirmed: DNA confirms Norway’s “Well man” legend
A Norse saga, a man in a well, and a genetic study that confirmed a legend.
Tag: Vikings
These three Viking women elongated their skulls, and some men filed their teeth. But why?
The body modifications were more than just cosmetic, researchers say.
Why did these Viking women have cone-shaped skulls?
Three Viking women's skulls reshaped 1,000 years ago intrigue scientists.
How Vikings Celebrated Christmas
Merry Viking Christmas!
Milanese friar wrote about North America 150 years before Columbus
It's the first written evidence that proves someone outside northern Europe had heard of the new continent before Columbus's 1492 ...
Remains found in 1,000-year-old lavish burial in Finland may belong to nonbinary warrior
The macho Viking myth is being challenged by a Medieval warrior with XXY chromosomes.
The Vikings (and their mice) were the first to reach these idyllic Portuguese islands
Evidence shows Norse seafarers settled the Azores centuries before Portuguese explorers.
Off-cuts of wood show Vikings were settled in America one thousand years ago
Merry millenniversary!
Scientists use DNA to expose the origins of Vikings
Vikings weren’t a group of barrel-chested, blond-haired, bearded men. Instead, they comprised many ethnicities and groups of people with different ...
Climate change in the Arctic is destroying Viking artifacts
Ancient Arctic artifacts are disappearing as warming unfurls.
The greatest Viking invasion of Britain never left — it got buried there, new research finds
The site was first found in the 70's, but couldn't be accurately dated until now.
Who really discovered America? (Spoiler: it’s not Columbus)
Everything you learned in the history books is wrong. Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the Americas.
Vikings might have actually used sunstones to navigate
The legends might have been true after all.
Whole 2000 year-old army of skeletons uncovered in Denmark. They tell of a macabre end
The first skull excavated from the site, with a mortal wound caused by a spear or an arrow. Photo: Curator ...
Sunstone viking “magical compass” proved by science
A very intriguing theory says that the Vikings used to navigate through traitorous Arctic waters, and possibly even through the ...
