Vikings, volcanoes, and sheep don’t immediately seem like they should all be connected, but this unlikely trio is actually ...

New archaeological clues are shedding light on the fate of isolated Norse colonies in Greenland that disappeared during the ...

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 ...

Like so many critical ice formations worldwide, Norway's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate as global temperatures steadily increase. Underneath those dwindling layers of ice, archaeologists are ...

In fact, so rife was slavery that it formed part of a three-tiered Viking society. At the top there was the chieftain, or jarl, from which we get our word earl. Below him came the freemen, or carls, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Europe's incredible landscapes are full of history and mystery, but the stave churches that dot the countryside in Norway have to ...