Hailed as a “historic discovery,” metal detectorists led archaeologists to the largest Viking Age ...

In 1836, a farmer stumbled upon some 1,850 coins stashed beneath a stone on Norway’s southwestern coast. Likely deposited at ...

At least 2,970 silver coins dating back 1,000 years have been found near Rena, Norway, the largest Viking coin hoard ever ...

After the first day, when archaeologists also joined the coin search, the number rose to 70. It's unlikely we'll exceed 500, ...

The Jelling stones are large carved runestones from the 10th century. From the year 800 to 1050, what we now know as Denmark played a central role as a home base for Viking expeditions far and wide.

In an unprecedented discovery that has stunned archaeologists and historians alike, metal detectorists in Norway have unearthed the country's largest-ever Viking Age coin hoard. Found in a field near ...

A queen named Thyra might have been the most powerful person of Viking-age Denmark 1. The name Thyra is mentioned in inscriptions on four ancient carved memorials called runestones in southwestern ...

When Lene Brandt and her husband, Anders Nielsen, were preparing to tear up the linoleum floors in the kitchen in their home in the village of Mosekær, in Denmark, they probably expected the normal ...

(CNN) — More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements. Two groups of ...

The Vikings are often portrayed as illiterate, uncultured barbarians who evinced more interest in plunder than in poetry. In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood ...