The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

A construction crew dredging the Vistula River in Włocławek found a 1,000-year-old Viking weapon in the mud, photos show and archaeologists said. Photo from the Provincial Office for the Protection of ...

Archaeologists excavated a mountainside farm in Norway and uncovered 1,100-year-old silver treasure buried by the Vikings, photos show. Photo from Anniken Celine Berger, Archaeological Museum at the ...

A boy on a beach vacation in Sweden picked up a weird-looking object and found an ancient Viking artifact, archaeologists said and photos show. Photos from Andreas Tillema While on vacation in Sweden ...

A 1,000-year-old viking buckle depicting an unknown animal was unearthed in Norway, according to the Kulturhistorisk Museum. Photos from the Kulturhistorisk Museum Concealed inside an inconspicuous ...

A farmer clearing a field in Norway picked up metal “trash” and found a rare 1,000-year-old weapon, archaeologists said and photos show. Photo from the Rogaland County Municipality In a southern ...

“This is something you probably only experience once in a lifetime,” said one archaeologist Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for ...

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, a ...

While dredging a river in Poland, a construction crew accidentally hauled up a medieval weapon. Archaeologists identified the artifact as a rare Viking sword, photos show. Sławomir Mularski and his ...