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 ...

What really makes the Lincoln Viking helmet stand out ... “Flipping down the shield can be tricky. Timing and starting with the shield down can be tricky as well,” says Bondurant.

The Battersea Shield can be seen in the British Museum. Image: Matt Brown It gets better. The horned helmet below is not, as an excitable seven-year-old might cry, a relic of the Viking era.

Viking is a beautiful, lively and seemingly promising game ... However, you probably shouldn’t expect grace from the descendants of the inventors of horned helmets – this is not a Japanese RPG with ...

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 ...

Highlights: Get all the highlights from Day 1 of the 41st edition of the Wrestlemania, that took place on, April 20 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

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 ...