Workers were taken aback after discovering a 1,300-year-old fragment from a Viking ship during a drainage excavation project ...

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When most people hear the word Vikings, they picture towering warriors with braided beards, longships cutting through icy ...

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An independent researcher believes he’s discovered a legendary ruler’s burial site — a find that could be the first monumental Viking ship burial identified in England. Steve Dickinson, a British ...

Based on comparisons with medieval texts, a British archaeologist believes he’s located the monumental burial ground of Viking warrior Ivarr the Boneless. A hillside overlooking the Irish Sea in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A hill overlooking the Irish Sea in northwest England may hold a monumental grave containing the remains ...

In the village of Val in coastal central Norway, archaeologists excavated two medieval burials filled with weapons, jewelry, and skeletal remains in an unusually good state of preservation. One grave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cathedral in Odense houses the remains of Viking king Knud IV. Johan Tobias Joensen/Visit Odense/dpa-tmn Once upon a time, ...