King Canute (also known as Cnut) ruled England between 1016 -1035 and allegedly tried and failed to stop the tidal bore at the River Trent in Gainsborough. The artwork was chosen by residents and ...

Viking skulls have been found to have “horizontal grooves in the teeth,” Eggers says. “The most popular theory currently is that this was just a cool adornment and they would fill that gap ...

Reading about Viking history at the time, he was intrigued by a stone inscribed with runes that praised the exploits of a 10th-century Danish king called Harald Bluetooth.

In 2018, a treasure trove that belonged to the king was unearthed on a German island by a 13-year-old and an amateur archaeologist. The artifacts included necklaces, pearls, a Thor's hammer, rings ...

The excavation site in Trondheim, Norway (NIKU). The dead king was declared a saint and his remains were enshrined above the high altar of St. Clement’s Church, which became his first mausoleum.

Science Archaeology Construction workers find Viking graves linked to King ‘Bluetooth’ The site includes relics illustrating a ‘vast and dynamic world.’ Andrew Paul Jun 20, 2025 11:05 AM EDT ...

Our fact-check sources: Britannica, accessed Feb. 19, Harald I king of Denmark ancient-origins.net, Jan. 20, 2017, "Bluetooth: Why Modern Tech is Named After Powerful King of Denmark and Norway" ...

A rare coin minted by a Viking warlord after he became a Christian king is "the first in the country" to benefit from a new Treasure Act definition on "the basis of national significance", an ...

The chances of finding a king’s treasure are slim. Because they were so prominent in the landscape, many Viking Age burials were robbed centuries ago, long before they were leveled by 19 th ...