Viking age people who lived in what is now Norway were far more likely to be violently killed than Viking age people who lived in Denmark, a new analysis reveals. The findings were surprising to the ...

Archaeologists in Aarhus, Denmark, reported finding graves of 77 Viking in a medieval churchyard – a single site that ...

It has long been thought that the Vikings in Scandinavian countries were equally aggressive. That was not the case. A new study suggests that the Norwegians were the fiercest and most lawless Vikings ...

In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Vikings had windows — usually only associated with medieval churches and castles — meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass, Danish ...

The coins — believed to be from the 980s — were discovered in a Danish cornfield last autumn Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

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Show more Show less Archaeologists have unearthed a large Viking burial site in northern Denmark after workers stumbled across it during a construction project A museum conservator holds a Viking Age ...

This discovery is the largest in more than 10 years and unlike any other found in the area. Nordjyske Museer Scientists have uncovered the remains of a huge building that likely dates to the era of ...

Aasum, Denmark — In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally ...