In the modern-era, Scandinavian countries have become known for their sometimes awkward embrace of migrants from the Arab and Muslim world. But the history behind that relationship goes back far ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Museum Odense An extraordinary Viking burial ground with the almost-complete skeletons of ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of today's Scandinavians, according to scientists who also documented the ...
An engraved ring found at a Swedish Viking excavation site may provide evidence that a connection existed between the Vikings and the Islamic world. Over a century after its initial discovery in the ...
Vikings may have been family men who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA. Maternal DNA from ancient Norsemen closely matches that of modern-day ...
In Birka, Sweden, there is a roughly 1,000-year-old Viking burial teeming with lethal weapons — a sword, an ax-head, spears, knives, shields and a quiver of arrows — as well as riding equipment and ...
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