Archaeologists were following faint signs of an ancient settlement just outside Aarhus, Denmark, when they stumbled upon something unexpected: Viking graves—30 of them. They didn’t set out to find a ...

Amidst the talks of ‘US takeover of Greenland’, here is a brief history of Greenland, which is a rare meeting place of Norse ...

Archaeologists have found over 30 graves from the Viking era near Aarhus, Denmark, including a “very rare” coffin of an “important woman” who lived in the 10th century. Researchers were alerted to the ...

The Vikings were certainly world travelers: From home bases in Scandinavia they made their way as far west as North America, as far south as North Africa, and as far east as Russia and the Middle East ...

Archaeologists in Denmark say a sunken Viking ship near Copenhagen is the largest boat of its kind ever discovered—and that’s ...

Tucked in the waters off the coast of Copenhagen, maritime archaeologists discovered the world’s largest cog, a Viking-age ...

These two brooches were part of a small hoard discovered along with a gold arm ring in southwestern Jutland, Denmark. Dated to the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066), the brooches are decorated with ...

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Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

Hidden for six centuries, the largest known medieval cargo ship, known as a cog, has been uncovered off the coast of ...