The small, four-legged figurine is carved out of stone, but it's unclear which animal it depicts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The stone carving, pictured here, depicts a viking ship with its sails unfurled, archaeologists said. “You can almost see the stripes that have been so memorialized by Hollywood,” Småberg said.

The Faroe Islands, an archipelago between Norway and Iceland, were once believed to have been settled by Viking explorers in the mid-9th century CE. Thanks to new analysis of ancient sheep DNA, the ...

Swedish archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,100-year-old Viking coffin grave containing weapons near Linköping, describing their findings as "unusual." ...

In Iceland, a small toy dating to the Viking Age was uncovered by archaeologists. It is one of over 100 similar gaming pieces that have been found during excavation.

An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...