New research into a remarkable Viking-Age silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire, led by Dr. Jane Kershaw, Associate Professor of Viking Age Archaeology, School of Archaeology, has shed light on ...

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...

Archaeologists in Norway surveyed an area exposed by melting ice and found fragments of an “extraordinary” Viking cargo net, photos show. Photo from Secrets of the Ice As the late summer sun beat down ...

The carved head is made of red sandstone. University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute An intricately carved head made of red sandstone has been found on one of Scotland’s Orkney ...

Late in the summer of 2021, Greer Jarrett set out on the first of 26 voyages to retrace the maritime paths taken by Norse sailors during the Viking Age, which lasted from roughly A.D. 800 to 1050. The ...

Worried three of its prize vessels would fall part, Norway's Viking Ship Museum is moving a trio of millennia-old ships to a ...

Three 1,200-year-old Viking ships that have stood the test of time are embarking on their final and possibly riskiest journey to their new forever home in Norway.

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...