Much of our knowledge of Viking beliefs comes from their poetry, handed down by word of mouth and transcribed centuries later ...

Doubts have been cast on new research that claimed an ancient Viking warrior buried in Sweden was actually a warrior or a woman. Researchers conducted tests on a Viking buried in a "well-furnished ...

It held the remains of a tall Viking warrior. Carefully arrayed alongside the body was a full suite of heavy weaponry. Two expensive horses had been sacrificed as part of the interment ritual. There ...

THE Viking ‘berserker’ warrior has long been considered a myth — but the discovery of an enormous battle-axe at a burial site in Denmark suggests otherwise. Like the iconic horns on their helmets, the ...

Rognvalds Lith is Lismore's own Viking club, Mr Hammond is the club's Jarl, which is like a chieftain. Mr Hammond was outlining the skills involved in the staging of a mass field battle at Lismore's ...

These are the questions this alluring Irish series sets out to answer, in two episodes titled ‘The Dark Foreigners’ and ‘The Dynasty of Ivarr’. There is something about Vikings that appeals to many of ...