Last year, the discovery of an ax head on a mountaintop overlooking Norway’s Trondheim Fjord led archaeologists to a tenth-century Viking grave. Though they found no remains, the team recovered a ...

For one night each January, a single island at Scotland's most northern tip becomes consumed by fire. Up Helly Aa, a tribute to the Shetland Islands' Norse ancestry, stands as one of the most ...

An impressive ax head is one of hundreds of Viking artifacts found during excavations under the streets of Dublin. When Irish archaeologists working under Dublin’s South Great George’s Street just ...

Every culture contains a plethora of images, animals, foods, etc. that are symbolic of their values. Symbols are an important, meaningful aspect of culture that can teach historians, archaeologists, ...

Parents go bargain-hunting with their grown-up kids at a huge antiques fair in Stafford. Christina Trevanion is at the helm, alongside experts Izzie Balmer and Nick Hall. Show more Christina Trevanion ...

A reexamination of 1,100-year-old wooden Viking shields excavated in Norway in 1880 have been used to assert that these round protective devices could very well have been used in hand-to-hand combat ...

While scholars continue to debate the reality of Viking shield-maidens, tales of their courage have endured for centuries in both historical chronicles and legendary sagas. One of the most famous ...

The Danville Town Offices at 500 La Gonda Way. (Photo courtesy Town of Danville) The Danville Police Department is set to be under new leadership in the new year, with the current chief set to retire ...