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Viking Age windows challenge Hollywood's portrayal of Norsemen
Danish researchers say fragments of glass found across Northern Europe suggest Vikings were more sophisticated than pop culture would have us believe.
Treasure trove of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed in Denmark
What makes this find particularly rare is its connection to Viking King Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, one of the last Viking rulers of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and parts of Germany.
Women now allowed to participate in Europe's largest fire festival
For the first time in its 142-year history, women and girls will participate in the torchlit procession at Lerwick's Up Helly Aa festival.
Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival squads open to women for first time
Women will be able to take part in squads at the main Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland for the first time next year, organisers have announced.
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Will audiences buy into The Northman's Viking epic?
Ahead of the release of Robert Eggers' The Northman, we ask why Vikings have never seemed to make that big of a dent in Hollywood.
Meet the Bosnian 'Viking' living as his favourite fictional character
Escaping his life as a builder in Germany, Stipe Pleic decided to return to his hometown in Bosnia and live life as a viking.
The Vikings reached America long before Christopher Colombus
Tree rings and a solar storm have helped researchers to identify the earliest verifiable date of European settlement in the Americas.
Festival reenacts everyday lives of the Vikings
The everyday life of the Vikings has been recreated at festival in the east of England.
Participants had a go at battle reenactments, tool making, cooking and music - turning history books into reality.
Skeletons of two related Viking men reunited in Denmark for first time
The skeletons of two Viking men have been reunited in a Danish museum for the first time in a 1,000 years.
Work begins to unearth Norway's first Viking ship in a century
Archaeologists believe the war ship had up to 35 rowers and could have carried up to 100 men on board