The departure of Travis Fimmel and his character Ragnar Lothbrok from Vikings took most fans by surprise. It's not every day ...

Remnants of this cultural exchange remain outside the city, and in the spring of 2024, two metal detectorists from Jutland and Sweden stumbled upon pieces of the past, the ROMU museum organization ...

These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. In 1992 Mark ...

Wind, waves and… bathing? As Storm Éowyn and wild winter weather hit the UK, Ireland and France, some in Denmark reached for ...

The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called Scandinavia. You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as ...

Likewise, researchers found a “clear shift” in genetic ancestry in 8th century Denmark in which Viking communities had genetic links to Iron Age groups much further south. Experts estimate the ...

Viking is inviting travellers to embark on two new voyages that explore the heart of the Baltic Sea and Scandinavia.

but it was really put on the map 800 years later when the Vikings invaded from Denmark and turned it into a major river port, servicing their trading network throughout northern Europe.

In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland. Tree rings can reveal more than just a tree's age.

The Viking link would come ashore near Sutton-on-Sea and run via an underground cable to the National Grid station at Bicker Fen An electricity link between Denmark and the UK has been given the ...