The Vikings were responsible for crafting some weapons that smiths still look back on with admiration today — but did that ingenuity extend to also ...

The Vikings are known as great warriors. This reputation is based on what we know about their weapons and battle tactics - as Barry Ager explains. The Vikings were daring masters of the sea. Their ...

Two ancient Viking swords have been unearthed from a stone burial chamber in central Sweden during a highway excavation. The weapons had been left untouched for roughly 1,200 years and provide an ...

Robert Grochowski, a Polish archaeologist, told the Warsaw-based newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza that even though these types of swords are often referred to as "Viking swords," they were technically ...

During the Viking Age, which ancient texts and archaeological discoveries suggested lasted from about A.D. 750 to 1050, seafaring crews from Scandinavia went "viking" — that is, they started ...

I’m diving into the ANCIENT Viking Sword that used technology from the FUTURE – the Ulfberht Viking Sword! Dating from 800 to 1100 AD, these 170 blades found across Europe were forged with ...

From very, very ancient throwing sticks to early versions of cannons, these ancient weapons discovered in 2020 reveal a history of violence.

The ancient warrior was given a prestigious Viking burial, complete with deadly Viking weapons, a bag of gaming pieces (possibly to represent military command) and two horses, one bridled for riding.

Research is underway to learn more about the origins of medieval sword found earlier this month at the bottom of a Polish river, which some experts believe may have belonged to the Vikings. The ...

Viking Hersir, 793-1066 AD by M Harrison (Osprey, 1993) The Viking Art of War by P Griffith (Greenhill Books, 1995) Viking Weapons and Warfare by JK Siddom (Tempus, 2000) Links. Nova Online: The ...

During the Viking Age, which ancient texts and archaeological discoveries suggested lasted from about A.D. 750 to 1050, seafaring crews from Scandinavia went “viking” — that is, they started ...