It is dated to the Viking Age, a period in medieval history roughly between the late 8th and 11th centuries when seafaring Norse people from Scandinavia, commonly referred to as Vikings ...

Archaeologists in Sweden dug up 139 Viking Age graves when excavating a Stone Age settlement. Along with human and animal remains, the team found three large ship-forming stone settings and a ship ...

(AP Photo/James Brooks) In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally ...

Archaeologists also unearthed brooches, necklace beads, knives and a small shard of glass that may have served as an amulet.

Your support makes all the difference. Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered a mysterious Viking Age burial ground with graves shaped like stone ships. As many as 139 of these graves have been ...

Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable discoveries in recent history: a group of 50 skeletons found in a burial ground, believed to be from the Viking Era. The skeletal remains ...

The rare unearthing occurred at a Viking-era burial site Åsum near Odense, the third largest city in Denmark, according to Reuters and CNN. Archeologists from the Museum Odense spent six months ...

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It was supposed to be a routine Stone Age settlement excavation to clear a path for a new roundabout and water pipes near ...

AASUM, Denmark — In a village in central Denmark, archaeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally ...