Imagine a dragon-headed ship cutting through the frigid Atlantic waters, its crew scanning the horizon for any sign of land.

For one thing, it could shed new light on the early Norse experience in North America, first substantiated by Helge Ingstad, an explorer, and his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, an archaeologist. In 1960, ...

Studies have reaffirmed a centuries-old theory, argued by many historians over time: there was, in fact, a Viking presence in ...

"Driven from their Greenland home by crowded and harsh conditions, a bold group of Vikings set sail in search of freedom and better lands. With incredible luck, skill, and fortitude, they persevered ...

After being inhabited only by Indigenous peoples for centuries, the Arctic island saw the Vikings in the 10th century and the ...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The northern peoples to A.D. 790: From the beginnings to the Age of Migrations -- The legendary history of the Swedes and the Danes -- The Viking kingdoms to the ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield. An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from ...