From the 793 attack on Lindisfarne monastery that left the surrounding sea red with blood to the pirate raids so vicious Anglo-Saxon king Ethelred the Unready was forced to pay a yearly tribute to ...

The makers of the upcoming film 'Northmen - A Viking Saga' have just made a phenomenal casting decision. While searching for actors to play Viking warriors, the filmmakers had the following epiphany: ...

Fighting is a problem in some schools. But not at the Viking warrior academy in Eagan. It’s what Arthur Von Eschen teaches — warfare the way the Vikings did it, when they terrorized Europe with their ...

Assassin's Creed Origins received critical acclaim when it was released last year. The game takes players to ancient Egypt – an era which fans have been demanding to go almost since the series' ...

More than a thousand years ago, a Viking woman was laid to rest with the full honors of a mighty warrior, including weapons, armor and two horses. But when researchers discovered her remains in 1880s, ...

When an impressive Viking grave containing weapons, horses and even a board game was excavated in the 1880s, it was simply assumed that the skeleton belonged to a man. A new analysis of the DNA has ...

For more than a century after it was found, a skeleton ensconced in a Viking grave, surrounded by military weapons, was assumed to be that of a battle-hardened male. No more. The warrior was, in fact, ...

More than a millennium ago in what’s now southeastern Sweden, a wealthy Viking warrior was laid to rest, in a resplendent grave filled with swords, arrowheads, and two sacrificed horses. The site ...

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Two Viking warriors from the same clan separated for more than 1,000 years have finally been reunited at Denmark's National Museum, officials said on Wednesday. DNA analysis showed that the Vikings, ...

For more than a century after it was found, a skeleton ensconced in a Viking grave, surrounded by military weapons, was assumed to be that of a battle-hardened man. No more. The warrior was, in fact, ...