The source for many of these dramas is the Icelandic sagas ... like this stone actually existed. There are written accounts of it. But they haven’t found any examples from other Viking contexts.

An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like ... may have wielded weapons when pregnant, sagas and ancient artifacts hint Braided ...

While digging to find an ancient settlement in southern Sweden, archaeologists made a completely unexpected discovery: an enormous Viking Age cemetery ... in historical sagas, the aboveground ...

It lay in a grave from the Viking Age. The stone was discovered when archaeologist Søren Diinhoff and his colleagues from the University Museum of Bergen excavated three women's graves in the autumn ...

At least three of them appear to belong to a trio of highly respected and wealthy Viking women ... This is the stone in the boat that archaeologists call a vulva stone. Credit: University Museum ...

Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered a mysterious Viking Age burial ground with graves shaped like stone ships. As many as 139 of these graves have been found so far at the site near Varberg ...

some surrounded by stones arranged in the shape of boats—a practice known as "stone ship burial" that symbolizes the journey to the afterlife according to Viking beliefs. The site features three ...

New analysis of the world-famous Jelling Stone in Denmark suggests that a Viking queen was much more powerful than previously thought. Queen Thyra is best known as the wife and mother of early ...

Although Tvååker is mentioned in historical sagas, the aboveground remains of this particular cemetery were lost to time until recently. You may like Archaeologist sailed a Viking replica boat ...