The Vikings were far from a monolithic group. The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes each brought something different to the table ...

Vikings, the History Channel's groundbreaking series, blended myth and fact to create a captivating historical fantasy epic.

Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

Cosmic synergy, the concept of universal forces interacting and giving rise to a greater whole, is rare enough and fantastical enough to be the stuff of legends, not science. But consider this: In 992 ...

Viking Age stories often involve modern-day Denmark, the fjords of Norway, the British Isles and Iceland, yet one overlooked stronghold of Viking history lay far north of the Arctic Circle. The sagas ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The recent sensational discoveries of Viking ship graves in ...

If you're like me and the extent of your Norse history comes from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, then you might benefit from attending Let's Vike It, the region's first Viking-themed festival. Bringing ...

As The Northman raids movie theaters this weekend, it is doing so with brutal accuracy of Viking history, as far as that history is known. As archeologist Neil Price explains it, the complete picture ...

Up-and-coming actor Sam Corlett stars as Leif Erikson in Vikings: Valhalla. Corlett is best known for playing Caliban, the self-proclaimed Prince of Hell who challenged Kiernan Shipka's Sabrina in ...

Alexander Skarsgård spent a decade wanting to make the ultimate Viking movie, though initially, he didn’t imagine a world where he’d have to wear a flesh-colored thong during a naked duel to the death ...

There's a background character in The Northman you probably blinked and missed. But her appearance, however brief, electrified me more than any other thrill in director Robert Eggers' bombastic new ...

To die with an ax in hand is a glorious death, or so the Vikings in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla say. You’ll have that ax with you in the afterlife, on Odin’s great hall and on the fields of an ...