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Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say
Jan 6, 2022
Horned 'Viking' helmets were actually from a different civilization, archaeologists say
Two spectacular bronze helmets decorated with bull-like, curved horns may have inspired the idea that more than 1,500 years later, Vikings wore bulls' horns on their helmets, although there is no evidence they ever did. Rather, the two helmets were likely emblems of the growing power of leaders in Bronze...
Vikings' 'blood eagle' torture was horrific — and may have actually happened
Jan 27, 2022
Vikings' 'blood eagle' torture was horrific — and may have actually happened
A brutal, ritualized method of torture and execution that was allegedly practiced by Nordic people during the Viking Age was so gruesome that some scholars questioned whether it was even possible to perform on a human body. However, researchers recently found that the act known as blóðǫrn, or blood eagle,...
Drought helped push the Vikings out of Greenland, new study finds
Mar 30, 2022
Drought helped push the Vikings out of Greenland, new study finds
Scientists may have found an important factor behind why the Norse mysteriously abandoned their largest settlement on Greenland. And it wasn't cold weather, as some had long thought. Rather, drought might have played a major role in the abandonment of the Eastern Settlement of Vikings around 1450, new research suggests....
Viking boat burial discovered in Norway may hold the remains of royal figures
Apr 27, 2022
Viking boat burial discovered in Norway may hold the remains of royal figures
Archaeologists have uncovered a Viking boat that likely holds the remains of royalty or another elite figure dating to between 500 and 1,000 years ago near the town of Kvinesdal in southwest Norway. The deceased's boat burial dates to a time period when the Vikings were thriving – conducting raids,...
Broken pieces of rare Viking sword reunited after 1,200 years apart
Jun 9, 2022
Broken pieces of rare Viking sword reunited after 1,200 years apart
Two pieces of an ornate Viking sword that had been separated for about 1,200 years have been reunited and still fit together like a puzzle. The pieces were discovered a year apart by amateur treasure hunters in Norway. The first finding occurred last year, when a metal detectorist in Stavanger,...
Gold Viking ring unexpectedly found in stash of 'cheap jewelry' from online auction
Jul 21, 2022
Gold Viking ring unexpectedly found in stash of 'cheap jewelry' from online auction
A large, gold Viking ring crafted from twisted metal strands turned up in a very unexpected place: a heap of cheap jewelry a woman in Norway purchased at an online auction. Archaeologists think the ring may be more than 1,000 years old and once belonged to a powerful Viking chief....
3-bladed arrowhead 'last touched by Vikings' revealed by melting ice patch
Aug 30, 2022
3-bladed arrowhead 'last touched by Vikings' revealed by melting ice patch
A melting ice patch in the mountains of Norway has revealed an archaeological surprise: a rare, three-bladed arrowhead used by Vikings more than a millennium ago. The researchers unearthed the metal weapon while surveying a new site in the Jotunheimen Mountains, a millennium-old Viking hotspot for reindeer hunting located high...
2 Viking swords buried upright might have connected the dead to Odin and Valhalla
Oct 31, 2022
2 Viking swords buried upright might have connected the dead to Odin and Valhalla
Archaeologists in Sweden have unearthed two Viking swords in neighboring graves that were buried upright, as if they were standing on their points. Whoever installed the iron swords perpendicular to the surface about 1,200 years ago clearly did so on purpose, as it would have taken a lot of effort...
Metal detectorist stumbles across Viking treasure hoard in Norway
Nov 2, 2022
Metal detectorist stumbles across Viking treasure hoard in Norway
Many people dream of finding buried treasure, but very few people actually do. For one man in central Norway that dream became a reality just before Christmas last year, when he took his metal detector for a stroll in a field near his home and unearthed a hoard of silver...
Rare, 'high-status' Viking burial unearthed in a garden in Oslo
Jan 10, 2023
Rare, 'high-status' Viking burial unearthed in a garden in Oslo
Archaeologists in Oslo, Norway, have uncovered a rare Viking grave dating back around 1,100 years — a time when the Vikings were venturing throughout Europe and the North Atlantic. The grave holds the remains of a cremated individual who archaeologists believe was likely a male. He was buried with a...
Giant Viking hall, possibly connected to Harald Bluetooth, unearthed in Denmark
Jan 10, 2023
Giant Viking hall, possibly connected to Harald Bluetooth, unearthed in Denmark
Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed a portion of a massive Viking hall that may be connected to King Harald Bluetooth Gormsson, who reigned from A.D. 958 to 986, during the Viking Age. The structure, which is located in North Jutland, a region that encompasses Denmark's northernmost tip, is the largest...
Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds
Feb 1, 2023
Viking warriors sailed the seas with their pets, bone analysis finds
When the Vikings sailed west to England more than a millennium ago, they brought their animal companions with them and even cremated their bodies alongside human ones in a blazing pyre before burying them together, a new study finds. These animal and human remains were found in a unique cremation...
Who were the Vikings, the warriors who raided Europe and explored the New World?
Mar 6, 2023
Who were the Vikings, the warriors who raided Europe and explored the New World?
The Vikings explored, raided and traded across a vast area stretching from North America to the Middle East between roughly the late eighth and mid-11th centuries. In Old Norse, the language the Vikings spoke, a Viking was a sea-borne raider, and to go-a-viking was to undertake sea-borne raiding, Angus Somerville...
Earliest mention of Odin, 'king of the gods,' found in treasure hoard from Denmark
Mar 11, 2023
Earliest mention of Odin, 'king of the gods,' found in treasure hoard from Denmark
A gold pendant recently unearthed in Denmark bears the earliest known inscription featuring the Norse god Odin. Archaeologists think the pendant — which is technically known as a bracteate and made of thin, stamped gold — dates to the fifth century A.D., making it 150 years older than the previous...
1,100-year-old 'ceremonial' Viking shields were actually used in battle, study suggests
Apr 4, 2023
1,100-year-old 'ceremonial' Viking shields were actually used in battle, study suggests
Dozens of Viking round shields from a famous ship burial unearthed in Norway were not strictly ceremonial as long thought; instead they may have protected warriors in battle, a new study finds. A reanalysis of the wooden shields, which were unearthed in the Gokstad ship in southern Norway in 1880,...
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