Ivarr and his brother Ubba ravaged England during the 9th Century [The British Library] A mound of earth in west Cumbria could contain a lost Viking king called Ivarr the Boneless, an archaeologist ...
An archaeologist believes he's determined the location of where Ivarr the Boneless is buried, along with the warrior’s ship.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A large bonfire lit up the night sky in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands as revelers celebrated the annual Up ...
In spite of an impending thunderstorm, hundreds of heavily disguised torchbearers gathered on a remote Scottish island to celebrate an old Viking fire festival. They marched through the town of ...
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Hundreds of Shetlanders march through Lerwick carrying flaming torches to mark the ancient Viking festival of Up Helly Aa. Trump makes rare adjustments in Minneapolis after nationwide backlash With ...
The burning of the galley in Lerwick provided the traditional climax to another memorable Up Helly Aa spectacle in Shetland. The long-established fixture in the early year calendar sees the ...
The bones of the horse and riders have mostly eroded away in the region's acidic, sandy soils, leaving only "sand silhouettes" behind. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology Archaeologists have discovered a ...
A 1904 photograph shows the excavation of a Viking ship burial in Oseberg, Norway. The 71-foot-long vessel dating to A.D. 834 contained the remains of two women and an abundance of extraordinary grave ...
The Aquavit Terrace and aft infinity pool on Viking ocean ships. Photo Credit: Viking "If you've seen one, you've seen them all." More than once, Viking founder and CEO Torstein Hagen has said this ...
"If anyone says they don't get excited about finding a sword, they're definitely lying," archaeologist Len Middleton says. He has been on the team that has discovered a "princely" grave of a horse ...