Vikings may have been family men who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA. Maternal DNA from ancient Norsemen closely matches that of modern-day ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

Weddings are one of the oldest time-honored traditions. Even though such a celebration is a common part of our modern lives, ancient cultures also acknowledged and gathered for the joining of two ...

This week Real Vikings takes a look at the role women played in Norse society, with Vikings stars Katheryn Winnick and Alyssa Sutherland joining the investigation. Viking women could become ...

If I asked you to conjure up an image of Middle Age Vikings, there's a decent chance you'll think of the same things, well, that most people stereotypically think about. Burly, horn-helmeted men, ...

Norse women could be both highly regarded and feared, even if they had no legal power. As long as they weren’t unfree, Viking women could inherit property, request a divorce, and reclaim their dowries ...

Just about every American child learns in school that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America--or, more accurately, a small island in the Caribbean--in 1492. What isn’t always taught is that the ...

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

The traditional picture of Vikings is one of boatloads of hairy men pillaging their way along the coasts of Europe. Though true to some degree, this stereotype has more recently been tempered with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Old Norse, Angrboða’s name means “bringer of grief or sorrows” and it’s not hard to see why. This giantess is Loki the ...

Vikings may have been family men who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA. Maternal DNA from ancient Norsemen closely matches that of modern-day ...