Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

The prominence of Norse culture is undeniable. In the UK, there are even full museums dedicated to the Vikings, in particular the Jorvik Viking Centre in York. In music, heavy metal bands like Bathory ...

The Oseberg longship – considered one of the most important historical discoveries of the Viking age — voyaged to its final destination last month. But the journey it took to get there was complicated ...

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be out on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on November 17. It will also be out for the ...

Lastly, another important myth tells of Odin’s theft of the “mead of poetry”. This substance was created by two dwarves from ...

Archaeologists excavating a ninth-century burial site in Bjugn, Norway have uncovered something unprecedented in Scandinavian archaeology: a Viking Age woman's grave featuring two scallop shells ...

Once the capital of a Norse kingdom, this walled northern city is now home to an immersive Viking history museum, archaeological sites and street names that still echo its Scandinavian roots.

Viking celebrated a significant milestone on October 21 – the simultaneous christening of nine river boats, which brings the total fleet size to 100 river, ocean and expedition vessels. The ceremony ...

Iron Gate Studio and Coffee Stain Publishing have announced that Valheim, the Viking-themed survival game, will launch on PlayStation 5 in 2026. Originally released in Early Access for PC in 2021, the ...