She was born into England’s darkest hour, raised under Viking domination, and forged into a leader by war. As the daughter of Alfred the Great, Æthelflæd learned strategy, diplomacy, and resilience ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Anglo-Saxon Church to negotiate a way forward in a context which, at one time, would have seemed disastrous.

Bosco Hogan stars as King Aethelred II in Episode 1 of Vikings: Valhalla Season 1. Pic credit: Netflix/Patrick Redmond The first season of Netflix’s new Viking Age drama series, Vikings: Valhalla, ...