VIKING BOOKS

From a prophesied birth to a throne forged in vengeance, discover the story of the ultimate Viking warrior king, Þórvaldr Bjarnarson.

A dig is taking place in Northumberland with hopes of finding a camp belonging to the Viking Great Army...

Hopes of uncovering a rare Viking boat burial at a site on the Isle of Mull have been dashed...

The vikings left an indelible mark on history, particularly European history, as they raided, looted, pillaged, and conquered...

Cloth from Viking and medieval archaeological sites shows that women literally made the money in the North Atlantic...

The “húskarl” (masculine noun, meaning “man of the house")and his wife the "húskona"...

Iceland’s early viking settlers built extensive cave systems to survive...

Norwegian explorers have found two arrows, after it was left exposed by melting ice...

A hoard of Viking treasure has been bought by a council's museum service...

A St Edmund memorial penny worn by a Viking to "advertise his Christianity" has been found by a metal detectorist...

One of the most exciting archaeological finds in the history of Irish art was unearthed on Tipperary's Derrynaflan Island by a man and...

Identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item....

Kaupang was a harbor town supposedly located within the larger district known in the literature as “Skiringssal”...

The project will provide an interactive experience for visitors to glimpse the island's Norse history...

Historians have long believed that walrus ivory traded throughout Ukraine and Russia during the Middle Ages came from the Barents Sea...

Archaeologists have identified the possible burial site of Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, using satellite data from the Polish village of...

One such day was the 8 June, 793. That was the day the Vikings attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne...

Norway's Viking ships can finally look forward to an improved home following the government's change of heart on funding...

Mosekærstenen is the 44th runestone found in the area around Randers, and the National Museum must now appraise the stone to determine ho...

Archaeologists excavating at Birka on the island of Björkö, Sweden, have discovered a Viking Age shipyard....

A metal detectorist in Hungary has unearthed a tiny silver coin marked with the name of a famous Viking king that was lost almost 1,000...

Pieces of an ornamental Viking sword have been reunited after 1,200 years apart...

Excavations of a Viking-era site in Iceland has revealed a previously unknown man-made cave....

The vikings were influenced by cultures before and informed those after, finding an artefact that genuinely adds to the picture of the Vi...