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Record-breaking Viking hoard of 3,000 coins unearthed in Norway
Apr 30, 2026The impressive discovery is being hailed as the largest of its kind ever found in the country.
NASA veteran maintains that extraterrestrial life really is out there
VIDEO Feb 26, 2026Dr Gentry Lee, who worked on the Mars Viking mission, has spent decades designing probes that land on other worlds.
Carl Sagan left a poignant message on Mars for future explorers to find
VIDEO Nov 18, 2025The late astronomer arranged for a special message to be sent to Mars for the benefit of the first people to set foot there.
1,000-year-old 'Viking' sword discovered on river bed in Poland
Jan 18, 2024The remarkably well-preserved sword has been described as a 'major archaeological sensation'.
Did we find (and then inadvertently kill) life on Mars 50 years ago ?
Aug 19, 2023One scientist has revisited a famous experiment conducted by the Viking 2 lander all the way back in the 1970s.
Viking gold ring found in bundle of 'cheap jewelry'
Jul 22, 2022A woman in Norway discovered the ring mixed in with a bundle of cheap trinkets and jewelry purchased at auction.
Solar storm helps to date Viking settlement in North America
Oct 25, 2021New evidence has helped scientists pinpoint exactly when the Vikings were active on the continent.
1,000-year-old Viking boat discovered on island
May 31, 2020Officials have announced that the vessel was found at a burial site on the Norwegian island of Edoya.
Lost viking mountain pass reveals its secrets
VIDEO Apr 16, 2020Melting ice in Norway has revealed a long-lost Viking-era mountain pass brimming with archaeological discoveries.
Berserker Vikings drank hallucinogenic tea
Feb 19, 2020Scientists have determined what it was that made the fiercest Viking warriors so fearless and ferocious.
Men jailed after unearthing $15M Viking treasure
Nov 24, 2019Two metal detectorists in the UK have been jailed after trying to sell a $15M Viking hoard of gold and silver.
NASA scientist: 'We already found life on Mars'
Oct 12, 2019Gilbert Levin, who worked on the two Viking landers, maintains that evidence of alien life was found in 1976.
Rare Thor's hammer amulet found in Iceland
Oct 22, 2018The 900-year-old trinket was unearthed at the site of a Viking farmstead in Iceland's Thjorsardalur valley.
8-year-old girl pulls ancient sword from lake
VIDEO Oct 5, 2018Saga Vanecek discovered the pre-Viking-era relic while swimming near her family's holiday home in Sweden.
Viking sunstones may have actually worked
Apr 6, 2018A mysterious form of navigation referenced in early Viking literature may have genuinely existed.
Was long-lost Viking settlement in Canada ?
Mar 12, 2018Known as Hop, the settlement has been spoken of in Norse sagas passed down over hundreds of years.
Man finds Viking treasure with metal detector
May 21, 2017Derek McLennan earned almost $2.6 million after unearthing a horde of 10th-century Viking artefacts.
Did Vikings bury, cremate 'dead' houses ?
Apr 30, 2017There is evidence to suggest that Viking longhouses were 'buried' by being covered in mounds of Earth.
NASA to digitize data from Viking landers
VIDEO Jul 25, 2016The data recorded during the historic Viking Mars missions is set to be archived in digital form.
1,000-year-old Viking site found in Canada
Apr 4, 2016Archaeologists have unearthed what is only the second known Viking site ever discovered in North America.
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