A FESTIVAL held at a historic Viking settlement is taking place over the May Bank Holiday. The Moorforge Craft Festival will return to the ancient Viking settlement in Wigton on the May Bank Holiday.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A Viking settlement near Wigton is set to host its third annual ancient crafts festival. The festival will take place at the Moorforge ...

Karl-Oskar Erlandsson (an archaeologist from Kalmar) said that from the over 1,000 Viking-era bracelets in the country’s State Historical Museum, only three of the ancient objects are made of iron.

They read a research article based on the examination of a large number of teeth from the Viking Age town of Varnhem. The town’s thousands of ancient graves hold many well-preserved Viking skeletons.

Abolfazl Ali, an archaeologist specializing in ancient metallurgy, further explored the technological advancements in iron production: “The Masouleh landscape is home to numerous metalworking sites, ...

Archaeologists in Sweden dug up 139 Viking Age graves when excavating a Stone Age settlement. Along with human and animal remains, the team found three large ship-forming stone settings and a ship ...

Languages: English, Spanish The team identified the rock cabin along an ancient transport route across ... that appears to have been used during the Viking Age. A lake in Hardangervidda National ...

Credit: Kulturhistorisk Museum In addition to food remnants, tools related to fire, such as a flint and an iron striker dating from the Viking era, were discovered. These items offer a glimpse of ...

A replica Viking ship has berthed in Montenegro's Adriatic port of Bar on a years-long trip through European waters inspired by the Norse seafarers who set out from Scandinavia to explore ...

BAR, Montenegro (Reuters) - A replica Viking ship has berthed in Montenegro's Adriatic port of Bar on a years-long trip through European waters inspired by the Norse seafarers who set out from ...

These swords were widely used during the Viking era ... seem to line up with the smelting and metallurgy techniques known to be used at the time. One of ancient Europe’s most enduring mysteries ...