Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy ...

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

THE cover of the February 2nd edition 2013 of The Economist featured a Viking wearing a horned helmet, to accompany our special report on the merits of the Nordic model. Our cover designer knew ...

However, two horned helmets first discovered in Viksø, Denmark have been traced back to Sardinia in the Bronze Age – dispelling myths that they originated from the Viking era, according to ...

Just before the age of the Vikings, a town on an eastern island of present-day Denmark was a regional center of trade. The town of Lejre is centrally located between England and Sweden, each with ...

Per a statement, the gear is the first of its kind ever found in Britain and only the second nearly complete Viking helmet in the world. (The other was found in Gjermundbu, Norway, in 1943).

One reason the Oseberg tapestry is famous is its unique depiction of a horned helmet. Horned Viking helmets have long captured the imagination of the modern world, but they are likely a 19th ...