Warren Frye on “The Saga of the Earls of Orkney,” edited and translated by Judith Jesch.

Erik the Red, whose real name was Erik Thorvaldsson, was a daring Viking explorer who famously turned a remote Arctic island into a thriving Norse settlement that endured for hundreds of years. Erik ...

We take a look at the unexpected places the Vikings reached, and what remnants of their visits you can still see today.

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

Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson set sail in 868 to find a rumored northern land, navigating without a compass by relying on the sun, stars, and three ravens released to guide his direction. When the final ...

The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ended the era.

Britain is set to double the number of its troops in Norway to bolster defences in the High North against Vladimir Putin ’s ...

An archaeologist believes he's determined the location of where Ivarr the Boneless is buried, along with the warrior’s ship.

The foundations for the Viking expeditions were laid on farms. Society became more stratified during this period, and carved ...

Once upon a time, there was a Viking king. He prayed to Thor, Odin and Freya and ruled over a land that did not yet have an ...

Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating ...