The discovery of cannabis pollen near a Viking settlement in Newfoundland raises the question of whether the Vikings were smoking or eating pot while exploring North America. The researchers also ...

My niche interest is Viking history and culture, which was the reason for my trip to Newfoundland, a land the Vikings called "Vinland." I was bitten by the Viking bug about a minute after my history ...

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NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada - Scientists have known for many years that Vikings — the first Europeans to arrive in North America — settled on Canada’s northern tip of Newfoundland. However, it has thus far ...

(ST. JOHN’S, Canada) — An archaeological discovery has renewed doubts that Christopher Columbus was the first European to discover North America. Recent excavations in Newfoundland, off Canada’s east ...

A new study has pinpointed when Vikings first traveled across the Atlantic to North America: 1021, or almost 500 years ahead of Christopher Columbus. After arriving on their longships, like from ...

Microscope image of a wood fragment from the Norse layers at L’Anse aux Meadows. (Photo by Petra Doeve) (CN) — Modern understanding of ancient solar storms has allowed scientists to pinpoint exactly ...

In less than 300 years, the Vikings raided and explored land in at least four continents, spreading out in every direction from Scandinavia to invade and trade with civilizations across Europe and ...

Some 1,000 years ago, the Vikings set off on a voyage to Notre Dame Bay in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada, new evidence suggests. The journey would have taken the Vikings, also called the Norse, from ...

A still recreation of what America’s Lost Vikings Blue and Mike described as Viking hunting parties. Pic credit: Science Channel On Sunday’s exciting episode of America’s Lost Vikings, a secret spot ...