New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Archaeologists from the Stockholm Shipwreck Museum hope to secure funding for further research and excavation of the ...

The remnants of a large late-Viking-age hall were recently uncovered by a volunteer archaeology group at a farm in Silloth, Cumbria. The load-bearing timber found there was carbon dated to ...

With the help of more than 50 volunteers, archaeologists say they have identified the largest Viking-Age building ever excavated in Britain—a rare insight into the early medieval period’s ...

Viking Age Textiles are the passion of Stephanie Anderson of Fosston, Minnesota. Viking era textiles spanning from the 700's to the 1100's are a rare study. Stephanie Anderson of Fosston ...

They read a research article based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age town of Varnhem. The town’s thousands of ancient graves hold many well-preserved Viking skeletons.

Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study in which ...

More information: Carolina Bertilsson et al, Findings from computed tomography examinations of Viking age skulls, BDJ Open (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41405-025-00309-9 Provided by Swedish Research Council ...

Under these conditions, the preservation of any Viking-Age structures is rare. “It’s crazy what they’ve found in such a small space when you think about it,” Irene told the News & Star.