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

Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series continues with a video on the Danelaw Vikings, as we talk about the daily life of the Danes, their lifestyles, societies, religious practices ...

Lastly, another important myth tells of Odin’s theft of the “mead of poetry”. This substance was created by two dwarves from ...

Dr Cat Jarman, a historian and archaeologist specialising in the Viking Age, reviews scenes from TV shows set in the Viking ...

Lastly, another important myth tells of Odin’s theft of the “mead of poetry”. This substance was created by two dwarves from ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved carved oak vessel were the skeletons ...

New research has revealed the horrors of the Viking age, as the study of skulls showed evidence of devastating disease and infections. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden used ...