Dead and gone for centuries, these medieval seafarers and warriors ... the tangled corpses of more than 40 Viking men, including one who may have been a king. All were in their youth or prime ...

It follows the history of this complicated transition, from the closing years of the reign of King Æthelred ... activity in the medieval North. Rediscovering the Vikings explores the changing ...

Want to "walk" through a real Viking village? The sequences below from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists ...

has helped identify the location of the king's long-lost residence, offering new insights into medieval life before the Norman Conquest ...

The Herefordshire Museum Service called it one of the most significant early medieval treasures ever discovered in Britain, and historians believe the unearthing could rewrite the story of King ...

One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and commanded the sea to turn back. By getting his feet wet, he was showing people he had less power than God. In Viking times, a king had to be ...

It is the only surviving fragment of a lost medieval manuscript telling the tale of Merlin and the early heroic years of King Arthur's court. In it, the magician becomes a blind harpist who later ...

BBC Cymru Wales launches new eight-part podcast 10 years on from the Viking ... medieval treasures ever discovered in Britain, and historians believe the unearthing could rewrite the story of King ...