Vikings linebacker Brian Asamoah II was on a family trip to Ghana when he told some kids there he played football. They ...

The Vikings have at least six players and the NFL's only general manager who were born in African countries or first generation born in the U.S. They are part of a growing wave that the NFL ...

In this By Way of Africa series interview, Mary Omatiga sits down with Minnesota Vikings linebacker Brian Asamoah II to share his experiences living in Ghana for a year, the lessons he learned off ...

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

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The Little-Known Role of Slavery in Viking Society A new book looks at the legendary Scandinavians through their own eyes. Neil Price. August 25, 2020. Get our newsletter! Get our newsletter!

A 14th-century poem—the original likely dates from the end of the Viking era—gives an idea of how Vikings saw their slaves. Among their names were Bastard, Sluggard, Stumpy, Stinker, and Lout.