More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway.

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse ...

The study also hinted at the grim reality of life for many newborn infants arriving into the world during the Viking Age.

Carsten Snejbjerg Swords at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen bolster the Vikings’ image as warriors. Carsten Snejbjerg This silver carving may feature Odin, a Norse god, or another ...

while her right hand clutches a short double-edged sword. Valkyries were responsible for choosing which soldiers should die on the battlefield. These assistants to the Norse god of war then ...

The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called ... Viking warriors fought using long swords and axes. The Vikings were pagans, not Christians like most people living in Britain at ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial ... and stories depicting pregnancy in Old Norse sources. Despite dating to the centuries after the Viking age, sagas and legal texts provide ...

While there’s certainly no shortage of ancient Viking lore ... lost father is a Norse god and Asgard is on the brink of destruction. Unless Magnus can find an ancient sword lost by his father ...