The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

To the untrained eye, Viking Creek is easy to overlook. Hemmed in by the busy boulevard connecting downtown Whitefish to its ...

The Oseberg longship – considered one of the most important historical discoveries of the Viking age — voyaged to its final destination last month. But the journey it took to get there was complicated ...

The Vikings' reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.