When England’s first true king confronted Viking power in the north, one of his most effective weapons became his manipulation of loyalty ...

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

A windswept mound on England’s Cumbrian coast may conceal one of the most sought-after Viking burials in Britain: the grave of Ivarr “the Boneless”, a feared 9th-century war leader linked to the Great ...

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the Middle Ages.

For 150 years, Viking fleets tore through the rivers of West Frankia, sacking cities, besieging Paris, and helping shatter Charlemagne’s empire from within. This is the story of how the chaos produced ...

A windswept mound on the Cumbrian coast could be hiding one of the UK’s most extraordinary archaeological finds ...

Gotland was demilitarised in 2005, following the end of the Cold War. However, it was re-armed in 2015 as a response to Putin ...

The Viking saga in the North Atlantic is a tale of exploration, conquest, and cultural exchanges that shaped the history of the region long before modern nations were established. This article delves ...

For several years, Cambridge University’s archaeology department has partnered with the local charity Cambridge Past, Present ...

Discover the real historical figures behind five of Shakespeare's most famous characters, from Hamlet to Cleopatra.

During renovation work at The Hoxton, Dublin, archaeologists uncovered artefacts and bones from the city’s Viking and ...

What is it about Fridays and the number 13 that sends people into a superstitious tizzy? To find out, you need to go back a few thousand years or so.