Solving one of Viking Age Britain’s greatest mysteries. David Keys considers a discovery that sheds fresh light on gold, silver, sacred relics and fear in the medieval era ...

Much of what the English know about the Vikings comes from the court of King Alfred – who didn’t like them much. What medieval sources reveal about the true nature of the Vikings Home ...

THE most important Viking settlement ever found in Europe would have been lost forever were it not for an Augustinian priest who led the public campaign to halt its destruction by Dublin Corporation.

In short, aside from ignoring the taboo against treating monks and priests specially, the Vikings acted not much differently from other European warriors of the period, Winroth argues.

A mysterious female warrior discovered in Viking grave in Denmark was originally thought to be a Viking. But now, researchers have made a surprising discovery about this fierce warrior who died ...

Lindisfarne is a tidal island famous for a Christian monastery constructed in the 7th century. In 793 the Vikings sacked the monastery in an attack that stunned medieval Christians.

The 540-year-old leaf comes from a medieval priests' handbook that had been printed by William Caxton, ... 1,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor's hammer. 2.

But there is evidence of body modification. Archaeologists in the 1980s noted "strange marks" on the teeth of male Viking Age skulls that looked like the teeth had been deliberately filed.Some 130 ...

Although additional investigations are needed to confirm the role of the pyrophyllite disks, the researchers say it is possible that Vikings who traveled through what is now Russia and Ukraine during ...