A silver armband discovered in a surprisingly large hoard buried in Scotland reveal more about ancient this ancient era.

Despite this, his legacy as a unifier and reformer has endured, with modern depictions in shows like Vikings and The Last ...

Credit: Arkikon The period between AD 180 and 550 was an era of great transformations in Scandinavia, where ancient tribal societies faced significant challenges and the first forms of organized ...

Why was the hoard buried? Around AD 920 Britain was divided into a southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom and the Viking kingdom of Northumbria, with its capital in York. The hoard probably belonged to a ...

2018, Gjellestad, Norway. Archaeologists make the discovery of a lifetime: a 20-metre long, 1200-year-old Viking funeral ship. Who is hiding in the grave? Is Gjellestad one of the oldest Viking ...

The Viking Kingdom: Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church Language: English The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic ...

In England, Scotland and Ireland, the Vikings established settlements and even kingdoms. They would, from the 780s until 1100, be a significant factor in the politics of all four countries.

The Viking raids had been mostly hit and run affairs – until 865AD, when a great heathen army swept up and down the country destroying Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Eventually, after many bloody battles ...