Tag: Vikings

A Norse saga, a man in a well, and a genetic study that confirmed a legend.

The body modifications were more than just cosmetic, researchers say.

Three Viking women's skulls reshaped 1,000 years ago intrigue scientists.

Merry Viking Christmas!

It's the first written evidence that proves someone outside northern Europe had heard of the new continent before Columbus's 1492 ...

The macho Viking myth is being challenged by a Medieval warrior with XXY chromosomes.

Evidence shows Norse seafarers settled the Azores centuries before Portuguese explorers.

Merry millenniversary!

Vikings weren’t a group of barrel-chested, blond-haired, bearded men. Instead, they comprised many ethnicities and groups of people with different ...

Ancient Arctic artifacts are disappearing as warming unfurls.

The site was first found in the 70's, but couldn't be accurately dated until now.

Everything you learned in the history books is wrong. Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the Americas.

The legends might have been true after all.

The first skull excavated from the site, with a mortal wound caused by a spear or an arrow. Photo: Curator ...

A very intriguing theory says that the Vikings used to navigate through traitorous Arctic waters, and possibly even through the ...