Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study in which Viking ...

SILLOTH, ENGLAND––According to a statement released by Grampus Heritage & Training, archaeologists working at a […] ...

The Viking Age saw the pillaging of the British Isles, France, and the Mediterranean until inequality, Christianity, and sex ended the era.

At a shocking 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide, this coprolite is the largest intact piece of ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

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

Thule is less known than other places in classical mythology like Atlantis. But Thule actually existed. The prickly question is, where was it?

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered what might be the oldest known rune stone, pushing back the origins of runic writing further than ever imagined. Estimated to date between 50 BCE and 275 CE, ...

Compare your DNA to more than 150 ancient civilizations and numerous samples from archaeological excavations MyHeritage, the leading global platform for family history and DNA testing, announced ...

Photo from the Museum of Cultural History While archaeologists in Norway were excavating an ancient burial ground, they found themselves looking at a pile of rocks. Their attention settled on one ...

I've found the show Vikings to be the most accurate portrayal of Christianity on the History channel since the airing of the 2013 miniseries titled The Bible. Sadly, the History channel hasn't always ...