(1) They found Viking DNA in many unexpected places ... which refers to the early Irish and Scottish people. (1) Though the ...

The Viking Age is one of the most fascinating chapters in human history. Far from being mere savages who raided and pillaged, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of Viking treasure that was hidden for more than a 1,000 years. The treasure was found ...

The results also suggest the Vikings had a greater impact on the Irish ... Recent studies of DNA from ancient remains suggest that, broadly-speaking, the Irish genetic landscape was established ...

“These findings have important implications for social life in the Viking world, but we would’ve remained ignorant of them without ancient DNA. They really underscore the power of the approach for ...

a sacrilegious Viking, killed for stealing from the church. He was flayed and his skin mounted on the door as a warning. Alan did manage to extract identifiable DNA from the sample. But when he ...

Despite the strong Viking presence, not much Viking DNA has been found by geneticists in Ireland. Cathy Swift, of the University of Limerick, is involved in a UK-Irish project called Genes of ...

Vikings are often thought of as 'pure-bred', blonde-haired, and blue-eyed warriors who changed the course of European history ... The largest-ever DNA sequencing of Viking remains reveals their ...

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

Now, with advanced technology—from satellite imagery to DNA studies and isotope ... by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT VIKING SHIP MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Around ...

An award-winning author is launching a new children's book merging Viking history and forensic ecology. The novel is the latest addition to Dr Mandy Hartley's DNA Detectives series. Titled 'The ...

Academics were collecting DNA from men with Viking names to see if they are directly ... a future BBC eight-part documentary series on the history of ordinary British people – the Great British ...