Godwin of Wessex rose from a disgraced noble’s son to become the most powerful man in England, navigating a brutal age where Viking kings replaced Saxon ones overnight. By aligning himself with Cnut ...

In 1110, King Sigurd of Norway became the first reigning monarch to journey to the Holy Land during the Crusades. This video ...

As the eighth century drew to a close, the first Viking kings ruled on the island of Karmøy nearly 100 years before Norway became a sovereign country. Now, archaeologists have discovered the burials ...

WIEJKOWO, Poland — More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a European king whose nickname lives on through wireless technology is at the center of an archaeological dispute.

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...