Silver was the Vikings’ treasure of choice. Their affinity for the metal gives discoveries of silver artifacts significant ...

The most surprising discovery is how much of a mess they made with their food inside the shack, says an archaeologist.

‘In world archaeology, the Baltic Sea in the Viking Age is blessed by 150 years of exceptional excavations and study. This compelling book maps the rise and importance of towns and trade, drawing on ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a set of uniquely decorated bracelets on the site of a "large and powerful" Viking Age farm.

This suggests the artifacts date to the Viking Age, a period in medieval history between roughly the late 8th and 11th centuries, when the Vikings—a Scandinavian seafaring people—raided ...

Archaeologists Thought They Found Wires Buried on a Farm. It Was Actually Viking Treasure. Brie Larson set to make West End ...

In the ninth century, the Vikings sought fame and fortune in "Syden," the Mediterranean countries extending from west to east ...

A rare toy dating to the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation in Iceland. Even though the time period the toy comes from is known by researchers, the animal the figure ...

According to experts, the findings are proof of a "large and powerful" Viking farm on the land. "This is a unique finding, because we very rarely find such objects exactly where they were laid ...

Archaeologists uncovered a small rock animal, likely a rare children’s toy, at a Viking-age house in Seyðisfjörður, photos show. Screengrab from Fjörður Seyðisfjörður archaeological site ...

In the heart of the rugged landscape of Hardangervidda, a vast mountainous plateau in Norway, a group of archaeologists, on ...