Thief River Falls is hosting numerous activities in celebration of Syttende Mai (May 17, which is Norway's Constitution Day) starting Saturday, May 10, and continuing through next week. The events ...

Hårby Valkyrie: A 1,200-year-old gold Viking Age woman sporting a sword, shield and ponytail The Vikings wore helmets with ...

an epic Viking story. The free event also includes a Viking shield, helmet and alphabet craft activity. The film “Number 24” will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, in the Northland Community ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that ...

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered in Denmark’s Hårby village. Valkyries are often depicted as fierce, armed ...

Each event has it’s own currency, for example scarabs, pigs, astronaut helmets, and musical notes, which are awarded every time you attack and raid other players or spin the corresponding symbol ...