A man digging in his yard to build an extension of his house in southern Norway has unearthed the 1,100-year-old grave of a Viking warrior who was buried with weapons. The finds include a rusty iron ...

A Norwegian man clearing his farm found a rare 1,000-year-old Viking sword carrying inscriptions that may shed more light on Nordic culture. “We were going to start sowing new grass on a field that ...

The unusual placement of a sword found in a Viking grave suggests the weapon was brandished by a southpaw warrior, in what is an unusual discovery. “I’m a little surprised at how heavy it was,” Astrid ...

The 1,100-year-old steel sword is nearly 3 feet long. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in Norway have unearthed the ...

In short: A Norwegian farmer has uncovered an ancient sword used by Vikings while working on his property. Øyvind Tveitane Lovra immediately reported the sighting to local authorities when he took a ...

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...

Imagine finding a Viking grave right behind your house. A family who was having an extension built made the discovery while digging up their back garden in Norway, unearthing a 1,100-year-old grave - ...

A new study has revealed that Nordic vikings were a lot more bloodthirsty than their neighbors, the Danish vikings. The findings were based on examining the prevalence of violence-induced trauma from ...

I put out a call on Twitter for your Vikings-related mailbag questions and received more than I knew what to do with. Time to get to answering some of the ones I found most pressing, including how ...

High-tech scans of Viking swords are revealing details of how the weapons were made and how their role changed in Viking society over time. A new analysis of three Viking swords has found that, as ...