Vikings were renowned Norse warriors and seafarers, explorers and conquerors who conducted raids, traded goods, and explored ...

There’s plenty that residents of the modern world find fascinating about life in the time of the Vikings — but there’s also much about this culture that remains mysterious to us. Enter […] The post ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The northern peoples to A.D. 790: From the beginnings to the Age of Migrations -- The legendary history of the Swedes and the Danes -- The Viking kingdoms to the ...

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...