From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray ... Evidence for the Vikings in Wales is sparse, but a hoard of five exquisite silver ...

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... proving the sagas were not just fiction. Vikings had indeed reached the coast of ...

Renowned space archeologist Sarah Parcak takes up the case, and is on the trail of the Vikings. What she discovers just might rewrite history. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by ...