Learn more about the Vikings, their lifestyle, and where the stereotypical horned helmet originated from.

The Viking Age, spanning roughly from the late 8th century to the mid-11th century, was marked by exploration, conquest, and ...

The Vikings were far from a monolithic group. The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes each brought something different to the table ...

Just about every American child learns in school that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America--or, more accurately, a small island in the Caribbean--in 1492. What isn’t always taught is that the ...

The success of History Channel show Vikings has increased interest in Viking culture and Norse mythology since it first hit our screens in 2013. Following the announcement that the show’s upcoming ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of today's Scandinavians, according to scientists who also documented the outsized ...

Sept. 16 (UPI) --In the public imagination, the Vikings were closely-related clans of Scandinavians who marauded their way across Europe, but new genetic analysis paints a more complicated picture.

In the biggest study of its kind, published in the journal Nature Wednesday, researchers found that many Vikings actually had brown hair. And they weren't just from Scandinavia. In a six-year study, ...

Judith Jesch receives funding from AHRC for a project 'Bringing Vikings Back to the East Midlands' (1 February 2017-31 March 2018). We all know about the Vikings. Those hairy warriors from Scandinavia ...

To us, modern-day hipsters may represent the peak of personal grooming. But it appears the Vikings – the seafaring people originally from Scandinavia – really put today's fashion-conscious types to ...