AN ARCHAEOLOGIST has discovered a secret message in a bottle from a Viking dig site dating back to 150 years ago. The bottle ...

Metal Detectorist Stumbles on Largest Collection of 1,000-Year-Old Viking Artifacts in Scotland. Experts Label the Haul ...

Before long, more and more burials were found, and other Viking-age artifacts emerged from the dirt, archaeologists said. It was a massive burial ground, the organization said, and in the years ...

A surprising and rare discovery has sparked intrigue among archaeologists and history enthusiasts alike. At a Viking ...

It turned out to be a Viking lead weight. These artefacts suggested Scandinavian links, and there was a further clue. Grains of sand found in the caulking used to seal the boat are unlike any ...

Restless in their exploration both westward and eastward from Scandinavia, the Vikings left artifacts, such as this 10th-century silver coin, along their trade routes spanning eastern Europe and ...

Archaeologists around the world make discoveries from the past. Take a look at some recent finds. Trnava University via ...

The Aasvik family dug up a bowl-shaped buckle and another item that appear to be part of a Viking-era burial. Experts believe the artefacts were used in the ninth-century burial of a woman on the ...

Sweden, renowned for its wealth of Viking rune stones and rock carvings, boasts the world’s largest collection of these historic artifacts. These standing stones, dating back to between the 9th ...

A metal detectorist unearthed a Viking sword fragment shaped like wild boars, a first-of-its-kind find for the Netherlands, photos show. Photo from the Fries Museum On a farm in the Netherlands ...

Sander Visser swept his metal detector along the ground of a farm near Witmarsum in early May and heard a “high, clear sound” ...