What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that ...

One such moment happened in 2022 when a museum employee diving in Poland’s Supraśl River stumbled upon a relic lost for centuries — a Viking-era sword. Two years later, after painstaking ...

Her left arm is protected by a shield, while her right hand clutches a short double-edged sword. Valkyries were ... or the early Viking Age. It was found in a field where archaeologists and ...

An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between ...

One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and commanded the sea to turn back. By getting his feet wet, he was showing people he had less power than God. In Viking times, a king had to be ...