An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between ...

He may be seen as one of the baddies of Irish history thanks to the Battle of Clontarf, but Silkenbeard built Dublin into a cosmopolitan city ...

The Viking job description always included violent combat and pillaging. Archaeologist Cat Jarman at the Viking burial ground at Heath Wood. She believes another Viking settlement took root at ...

“Certainly the Vikings did all these things ... weakened the Anglo-Saxons that they were defeated by William at the Battle of Hastings, also in 1066. The Norman Conquest consolidated the ...

A 7,500-year-old antler unearthed in Sweden had characteristic breakage patterns that suggest it was the handle for a battle ...