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1,000-year-old 'Viking' sword discovered on river bed in Poland
1-18-2024 |
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The 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 ?
8-19-2023 | 2
One 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'
7-22-2022 | 2
A woman in Norway discovered the ring mixed in with a bundle of cheap trinkets and jewelry purchased at auction.
Viking 'blood eagle' ritual was anatomically possible
12-18-2021 | 3
A new study has suggested that this gruesome ritual could have been done, even during the time of the Vikings.
Solar storm helps to date Viking settlement in North America
10-25-2021 | 9
New evidence has helped scientists pinpoint exactly when the Vikings were active on the continent.
Genetic tests - do you really have viking DNA ?
4-13-2021 | 25
Genetic ancestry tests are very popular these days - but just how accurate and meaningful are the results ?
1,000-year-old Viking boat discovered on island
5-31-2020 | 2
Officials 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 4-16-2020 | 5
Melting ice in Norway has revealed a long-lost Viking-era mountain pass brimming with archaeological discoveries.
Berserker Vikings drank hallucinogenic tea
2-19-2020 | 11
Scientists have determined what it was that made the fiercest Viking warriors so fearless and ferocious.
Men jailed after unearthing $15M Viking treasure
11-24-2019 | 124
Two 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'
10-12-2019 | 18
Gilbert 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
10-22-2018 | 1
The 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 10-5-2018 | 21
Saga Vanecek discovered the pre-Viking-era relic while swimming near her family's holiday home in Sweden.
Viking sunstones may have actually worked
4-6-2018 | 6
A mysterious form of navigation referenced in early Viking literature may have genuinely existed.
Was long-lost Viking settlement in Canada ?
3-12-2018 | 2
Known as Hop, the settlement has been spoken of in Norse sagas passed down over hundreds of years.
Man finds Viking treasure with metal detector
5-21-2017 | 19
Derek McLennan earned almost $2.6 million after unearthing a horde of 10th-century Viking artefacts.
Did Vikings bury, cremate 'dead' houses ?
4-30-2017 | 1
There is evidence to suggest that Viking longhouses were 'buried' by being covered in mounds of Earth.
NASA to digitize data from Viking landers
VIDEO 7-25-2016 | 21
The 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
4-4-2016 | 96
Archaeologists have unearthed what is only the second known Viking site ever discovered in North America.
Ancient Viking settlement found in Norway
12-26-2015 | 15
A huge 1,500-year-old Viking fishing village site has been unearthed during excavations at an airport.
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