Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

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If you are only familiar with Norse mythology through the lens of Marvel’s Thor comics and movies then you really only know half the story. Maybe not even half. Fantasy author Neil Gaiman explored ...

A 1,000-year-old Viking relic, discovered in a field in Norfolk, U.K., by a hobby metal detectorist, is headed to auction, where it could bring in more than $30,000. In January, Jason Jones, who works ...

MOORHEAD - Vikings are commonly perceived as burly barbarians that always wore horned helmets and drank from the skulls of their enemies. In reality, the Nordic seafarers that lived between the 8th ...

The next God of War game may leave the pantheon of Greek gods behind and invade Norse mythology, if a large leak of concept art and other assets is any indication. The leak, comprising dozens of ...

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 ...

We tend to view the Viking Age as a violent and bloodthirsty time – but its artistic treasures tell a different story. The Culture Show takes a closer look. History has characterised the Vikings as ...