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

A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...

Almost one million Britons alive today are of Viking descent, which means one in 33 men can claim to be direct descendants of the Vikings. Around 930,000 descendents of warrior race exist today ...

“It takes some people, especially the younger folks, a while to realize we are not Vikings. We are the spiritual descendants of Vikings and we have to have answers for real people in the 21st centur ...

He led the Normans, a people who included Viking descendants. Although the Vikings originated in Scandinavia, they traveled to and lived across a vast area. The most distant western outpost known ...

Some of the only written evidence of their actions comes directly from their victims or from sagas written hundreds of years later by the Vikings' descendants. Although the Vikings were also ...

But a new study that traces Viking DNA through to modern Scandinavia suggests otherwise. Some interactions between different groups of people leave a long-lasting mark on their descendants ...

It is a testament to the breadth of Norse influence, for the French-speaking Normans were in fact the assimilated descendants of Vikings who had invaded northwestern France. “Norman” is a vers ...

Danes became common villains in British folktales and Scandinavian descendants took root across the country. Per English Heritage, “In this sense, the Vikings never left England.” ...

Experts say it’s a Viking sword that is probably more than ... Their incursions did not last, but their descendants still make up part of the British population today. In recent years, metal ...