Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of a Viking longhouse in Norway near a famed battlefield. The discovery was made in Hjørungavåg, a village along the western coast where many ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...

Starting in York, once the Viking city of Jorvik, archaeologist Neil Oliver sets out to discover more about Viking home life as he ... he finds evidence of an ancient Viking settlement including ...

Here, the grassy, low-slung roofs of the Vikings' simple homes and work huts undulate like ... exhibits and a film detailing the settlement's history. "The whole mystique of these Vikings, who ...

If you're the skeptical type, you might raise an eyebrow when you hear that a particular Viking ship was built ... Dendrochronologists showed that an ancient wooden road uncovered in southwestern ...

While there’s certainly no shortage of ancient Viking lore enthusiasts ... looming over their heads, both houses had to exist in order for all life in the human realm of Midgard and beyond ...