Unique Viking Grave Ship Hidden Beneath a Burial Mound Reveals Funeral of Viking Royalty The history of Vikings was glorified for its massive ships that reigned the glory of power and status. Most of ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...

Swedish Vikings were plagued by serious health issues, including oral, facial, joint, and infectious diseases. “The results ...

The most striking discovery was the biggest longship yet found ... foaming far and wide" wrote a medieval monk who watched a Viking fleet set sail. Above: Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, which ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...