Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

A Swedish archaeologist has sailed a replica Viking boat for 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers), which helped him to identify what he says are four previously unknown harbors along the coast of Norway ...

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...

Vikings, volcanoes, and sheep don’t immediately seem like they should all be connected, but this unlikely trio is actually ...

Metal detectorists found bronze artifacts in Norway and prompted archaeologists to excavate, revealing a Viking boat grave, a museum said. Photo from the Arctic University Museum of Norway On a remote ...

Weddings are one of the oldest time-honored traditions. Even though such a celebration is a common part of our modern lives, ancient cultures also acknowledged and gathered for the joining of two ...

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...