The Vikings were not all bloodthirsty raiders. Some came to fight, but others came to Britain to live peacefully. Viking Who were they? What did they do? King The most powerful person in all the ...

Eric Bloodaxe was the King of the Viking city of Jorvik. This is one of his silver coins. It has ‘Eric Rex’ written on it, which means ‘King Eric’ in Latin. Norwegian Eric ‘Bloodaxe ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a Viking age building in northwest England that they believe to be the 'largest discovered and excavated in Britain'. The team dug up a farm in Silloth, Cumbria last ...