Vikings
A Viking Settlement Mysteriously Vanished. Now, We Have an Answer
Scientists pinpoint drought as a likely cause for the abandonment of Greenland's Norse communities.
Vikings Didn’t Actually Wear ‘Viking Helmets,’ Scientists Confirm
From Bugs Bunny to the Minnesota Vikings, the 'horned helmet' trope has spread far and wide. And it's wrong, according to new radiocarbon dating.
The Best Moments from 'Danny Dyer's Right Royal Family'
"Let's go and have a tear up with the Normandy mob, let's have it."
Quebec Neo-Fascists are Teaching School Kids About Vikings
Members of the neo-fascist group Atalante Quebec are giving re-enactment workshops to schools in the province.
Long May She Reign: 8-Year-Old Girl Pulls Pre-Viking Sword from Lake
Saga Vanecek was swimming in a local lake in Sweden when she stepped on something odd—an archeological treasure.
Photos of Modern Vikings Keeping Their Traditions Alive
Vikings Against Racism are out to show that you can cherish ancient traditions without being bigots.
The Metal Barbarian Dominates the Heroic Fantasies of Metalheads Everywhere
Vikings, Druids, and pirates were actually kind of lame, but the Metal Barbarian remains pure in its brutality.
We Hung out with Metal Pagans at a Viking Cemetery
The Norwegian festival Midgardsblot unites heavy metal with pagan culture and history. We spoke to some of the festival-goers.
These Vikings in the Blue Mountains Work Hard to Live Simply
We spent a day with the Europa Re-enactment Society to understand why they cook fish porridge and make tools out of antlers.
10th Century Viking Treasures Unearthed In Scotland
Now comes the hard part: preserving 1,000-year-old gold and silver artifacts for centuries to come.
Watch the History of Cat Domestication in Three Minutes
New research finds that cats were independently tamed in the Near East and Egypt