Archaeologists have found over 30 graves from the Viking era near Aarhus, Denmark, including a “very rare” coffin of an “important woman” who lived in the 10th century. Researchers were alerted to the ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The elaborate burial and rich "grave goods" indicate the woman in the Viking Age boat-grave came ...

Archaeologists discover a Viking woman buried alongside her dog in an elite boat grave. © The Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT The saying goes that a dog is a ...

A Viking burial site from the 10th century has been excavated in central Denmark. Consisting of 30 graves, the area was uncovered by chance in the village of Lisbjerg five miles north of Aarhus, the ...

Archaeologists discovered a mass grave of what they thought to be ninth-century Vikings. But for some reason, the radiocarbon dates of their bones, found by measuring a radioactive carbon isotope, ...

Metal detectorists found the grave two years ago on Senja, an island in northern Norway. Arctic University Museum of Norway The Vikings may have earned a reputation for being fearsome warriors—but ...

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A family in Norway was searching for a lost earring in their garden but stumbled on a much older find instead: a first-of-its-kind Viking grave, photos show. The Aasvik family got out a metal detector ...