Researchers think the Viking Age boat burial of a woman and her pooch in Norway dates to between A.D. 900 and 950.

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusuall ...

Buried in about AD900, the hoard was discovered in Scotland in September 2014. Among the precious artefacts are a vessel from ...

In Birka, Sweden, there is a roughly 1,000-year-old Viking burial teeming with lethal weapons — a sword, an ax-head, spears, knives, shields and a quiver of arrows — as well as riding ...

Viking Boat Burial - Ardnamurchan, Scotland. Features January/February 2012. ... The Viking, who is thought to have perished over 1,000 years ago, was most likely a high-ranking warrior.

Niemi added that while not unheard of, such a burial companion was rare in Viking culture. The trove dates to around 900–950 CE, and features numerous artifacts in the roughly 18-foot-long ...

A Viking style wooden ship has appeared in Inverness ahead of filming a blockbuster movie in the local area. The ship, the ...

Archaeologists subsequently concluded that it was a Viking boat burial for an elite woman who lived over 1,100 years ago. The woman was found laid to rest in a 5.5m-long burial ship, placed ...

Archaeologists are preparing to investigate two possible Viking boat burial sites on the Isle of Mull. ... Artefacts buried alongside the Viking in his boat suggested he was a high-ranking warrior.

Twelve boats, dating from 2,500 BC to the 11th century AD, along with other Viking artifacts were discovered in Lough Corrib in Connemara, Galway in 2014. Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating to ...

The two day festival at Stonham Barns will be held on Saturday, September 7, and Sunday, September 8, and will transport visitors back 1,000 years to an army camp of Saxon and Viking warriors.