Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

David M. Perry - Author, Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe The new Netflix series imagines what would have happened if Harald Hardrada (played by Leo ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield. An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from ...

Many Viking raiders settled, slowly becoming part of the local community. Pagan graves reveal their secrets as everyday objects buried within help build a picture of the Viking past. What happened ...