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![Researchers sequenced the DNA from more than 400 Viking remains including from this female skeleton named Kata discovered in a Viking burial site in Varnhem, Sweden.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gQBR7nyMS768NRr2Tnsizm-320-80.jpg)
Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Researchers analyzed DNA from more than 400 skeletons to understand who the Vikings really were.
![Archaeologist Astrid Kviseth is the first person to lift this Viking sword in about 1,100 years. It was buried with a warrior who lived in what is now Trøndelag, Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bRRcMbbyGkXPXJjk9tWQcG-320-80.jpg)
Viking sword placed on warrior's left side likely prepared him for 'mirror afterlife'
By Laura Geggel published
It's possible the Vikings thought the afterlife was a mirrored version of the real world.
![The oldest of the two Viking longhouses at Stöð dates from around A.D. 800, several decades before the commonly accepted date of the settlement of Iceland in A.D. 874.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UhaCZQzbCtipG2QMHZKpZe-320-80.jpg)
Oldest Viking settlement possibly unearthed in Iceland
By Tom Metcalfe published
Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the oldest Viking settlement in Iceland.
![Mitten found at Lendbreen, made from different pieces of woven fabric. Radiocarbon-dated to the ninth century.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a7FXdESrCHchaD9DgyTHjG-320-80.jpg)
Viking 'treasure' of rare artifacts revealed on a long-lost mountain trail
By Mindy Weisberger published
Melting ice revealed a long-lost trail in Norway that was strewn with objects dating to the Viking Age.
![A radar scan revealed the Viking ship buried underground.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KqSCVcufKAp5aujoT2ErKC-320-80.gif)
Fungus is destroying a buried Viking ship. Here's how Norway plans to save it.
By Laura Geggel published
Archaeologists in Norway are racing to save a buried Viking ship from fungus.
![Archaeologists and volunteers are working to preserve human bones exposed by recent storms in an ancient cemetery above a beach on the Orkney Islands.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Gsi8yFu5suyUCc7NiYEqEW-320-80.jpg)
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery
By Tom Metcalfe published
Powerful storms on Scotland's Orkney Islands exposed ancient human remains in a Pictish and Viking cemetery.
![Lindisfarne castle seen from the rugged coast below it.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KDq88skvwxGizBRPjTHYj7-320-80.jpg)
Lindisfarne: The 'Holy Island' where Vikings spilled the 'blood of saints'
By Owen Jarus published
Reference article: Facts about Lindisfarne.
![The remains of a Viking ship that was between 16-17 meters (52 feet to 56 feet) long were found near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla in Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9SD4gxX5SUPqv7uNXkuScS-320-80.jpg)
Radar Uncovers Viking Ship Buried on Norway Farm
By Owen Jarus published
The remains of a Viking ship have been discovered on a farm near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla, in Norway.
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