Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...

On this day in 2024, the Ipswich Star reported that a new book was set to be released, exploring the connection between Ipswich and the Viking world through its use of combs.

"It's all kind of small things, daily life things from the Viking Age or older, which you don't find in other archaeology contexts at least in Norway, because it's gone. It degrades," Finstad said ...

The Nazis loved the Bayeux Tapestry. They loved it so much that they tried (and failed) to steal it away to Germany at the ...

Graham added: "Although the strong cultural influence from Scandinavia in the Viking Age in Cumbria is without doubt, absence of buildings from the period in the archaeological record has often ...

Experts are revealing entirely different relationships built on the exchange of a wide variety of goods from far away places for Viking society. Archaeological evidence reveals that materially, the ...

A RING believed to date back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed by a volunteer. John Ralph made the incredible find ...

An attentive passerby noticed something in a wetland in Sweden and picked up a rusty brown loop. The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder, who chose to remain anonymous, visited a ...

Working on Viking wire weaving to craft jewelry, she explained that many of the designs she recreates are based on archaeological finds from the early 900s, predominantly from Scandinavia ...

But while Viking history in Cumbria is well-documented ... which hinted at a site of archaeological interest beneath the surface. Volunteers dig a trench at the excavation site.

From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.