Vikings

During the Viking Age, which lasted from about A.D. 800 to 1066, Scandinavian seafarers raided foreign lands, created new settlements and traded goods such as furs, reindeer antlers and seal fat. The Vikings also explored and set up camps in new lands, including Greenland and parts of Canada. Here's the latest news on Viking discoveries, including Viking boats, graves, treasures, texts and fortresses.

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Do Canadian Carvings Depict Vikings? Removing Mammal Fat May Tell

October 16, 2018 | Article

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas.
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Viking Ship and Cemetery Found Buried in Norway

October 15, 2018 | Article

Archaeologists discovered the anomaly using radar scans of an area in Østfold County.
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Viking History: Facts & Myths

August 28, 2018 | Reference

Modern perception of Vikings often cast these historic people as savage raiders with horned helmets. In truth, the Scandinavian people were much more diverse in their motives and intentions.
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How on Earth Did These Burials of Viking Descendants Wind Up in Sicily?

July 23, 2018 | Article

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.
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NASA Discovered Evidence of Life on Mars 40 Years Ago, Then Set It On Fire

July 12, 2018 | Article

The Viking landers that touched down on Martian soil in the 1970s may have set all the evidence for carbon-based life-forms on fire, a new study suggests.
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Photos: Vikings Accessorized with Tiny Metal Dragons

June 28, 2018 | Image Album

A newly discovered Viking dragonhead pin nearly matches a dragonhead mold found more than 130 years ago.
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Discovery of Rare Viking Dragon Pin Solves 130-Year-Old Mystery

June 28, 2018 | Article

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.
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How Human Error Led the Vikings to Canada

April 12, 2018 | Article

Here's how Viking navigators may have accidentally sailed on to the mainland of North America while looking for Greenland.
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Archaeologists Closer to Finding Lost Viking Settlement

March 06, 2018 | Article

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.
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Mystery Behind Mass Grave of Viking Warriors Finally Solved

February 05, 2018 | Article

The Vikings' dining choices - that is, chowing down on fish - caused scientists to make a radiocarbon- dating blunder.
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