Lesson No. 1: Viking warriors didn’t wear horned helmets. “Viking helmets with horns date to the end of the 19th century, with Wagner operas,” says Nicholas Bell, senior vice pres… ...

In the 1960s, archaeological discoveries of Viking settlements at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland had already suggested as much. That the Vinland Map might be a forgery was suspected from the ...

Bjarni EinarssonA Viking settlement dating back to 800 AD has rewritten the historical timeline of the ancient seafarers.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a second Viking settlement in the New World. ... Newfoundland, as well as a map showing the two settlement locations in relation to each other.

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm. Skip to content Menu ...

Interestingly, the demographic health of Viking settlements in Greenland was relatively poor, Professor Oxenham noted. Greenland presented a challenging environment for subsistence, leading to the ...

Dage Island is a new map for "Land of the Vikings". The map is a new island with a mountainous terrain, providing players with new ways to build their Viking settlements.

The Vikings disappeared abruptly from Greenland in the mid-15th century, some 400 years after arriving there. Why they abandoned a successful settlement is a mystery that historians never have ...

An archaeology student unearthed seven “spectacular” Viking-era curled silver arm rings earlier this year north of Denmark’s second-largest city, a Danish museum said on Monday, adding the ...

Student Gustav Bruunsgaard found seven Viking treasures with a metal detector earlier this year. Moesgaard Museum. These bands, which weigh more than a pound in total, also have incredibly unique ...