Æthelred II inherited a fragile kingdom descended from Alfred the Great, but his reign became defined by treachery, panic, ...

Constantine II ruled Scotland during an age of relentless invasion and political chaos. Vikings dominated the seas while ...

IN my view, the world is rapidly sliding back toward an era reminiscent of Viking ideology—a time when law and order were weak ...

The Domesday Book is a 1086 manuscript commissioned by William the Conqueror as a massive survey of everything he had ...

It is the birthplace of Colman's Mustard and home to the legendary Alan Partridge and 'national treasure' Stephen Fry- but it ...

As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected friends and neighbors.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant preview Sunday's Super Bowl game, as well as the Winter Olympics.

A hill on the west Cumbrian coast could be the long-sought burial mound of Ivarr the Boneless, one of the most powerful ...

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

The mass grave was uncovered during a University of Cambridge training excavation at Wandlebury, an Iron Age hillfort just south of the city. The burial pit itself measured roughly four meters by one ...

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

Drake Maye has a long career ahead of him to try to bounce back from flopping in his Super Bowl debut. The second youngest ...