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![This 1,500-year-old sword predates the Vikings. An 8-year-old girl retrieved it from a shallow lake in Sweden earlier this summer.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hPk5hyRc7c6aKpJJVDe5sj-320-80.jpg)
An 8-Year-Old Girl Pulled This 1,500-Year-Old Sword Out of a Swedish Lake
By Brandon Specktor published
While spending the day near their summer home, Saga the reached into a lake and felt something hard and metallic greet her fingers.
![Norman burial in Sicily](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LNVurHtxg5RpbfKR6vybLm-320-80.jpg)
How on Earth Did These Burials of Viking Descendants Wind Up in Sicily?
By Laura Geggel published
The discovery of 10 burials near a medieval church in Sicily has led to a rare finding: the skeletal remains of the descendants of Vikings.
![Dragonhead](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MxP5T5oNf3Z2GEVEnLuQZD-320-80.jpg)
Discovery of Rare Viking Dragon Pin Solves 130-Year-Old Mystery
By Laura Geggel published
More than 130 years ago, a Swedish farmer discovered a black dragon — a Viking carving of one, that is. Now, archaeologists have found a metal dragon made from a mold much like this one.
![Dragonhead mold](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NU6Sq4kagMqds8Tes36rH9-320-80.jpg)
Photos: Vikings accessorized with tiny metal dragons
By Laura Geggel published
A newly discovered Viking dragonhead pin nearly matches a dragonhead mold found more than 130 years ago.
![Group of vikings are floating on the sea on Drakkar with mountains in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NSiSKf4HjvWWqj5wQLzgLY-320-80.jpg)
How Human Error Led the Vikings to Canada
By Tom Metcalfe published
Here's how Viking navigators may have accidentally sailed on to the mainland of North America while looking for Greenland.
![The only known Viking site in North America is located at L'anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. It was declared a World Heritage site.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fWemMVg4JYQXbAiG9UWSai-320-80.jpg)
Archaeologists Closer to Finding Lost Viking Settlement
By Owen Jarus published
The famed Viking post has been described in sagas passed down over hundreds of years. But its location has been lost to history, until now.
![Viking skeleton](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mS2yTaFvJAQvHSf7mkceaC-320-80.jpg)
Mystery Behind Mass Grave of Viking Warriors Finally Solved
By Laura Geggel published
The Vikings' dining choices - that is, chowing down on fish - caused scientists to make a radiocarbon- dating blunder.
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