In Scotland, the houses were often built from stone because there were less trees and wood was harder to come by. The common name for Viking homes was longhouses as they were rectangular in shape.

Archaeologists recently uncovered invaluable treasure that was buried by Vikings over 1,000 years ago. The University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology announced the discovery in a press ...

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Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between ...

Life as a Viking was never easy. Days were spent rowing longships, creating intricate art, or telling stories about duels between gods and giants. Their legacy, however, extends beyond the bloody ...

However, a recent study has deciphered a new translation of the stone, one the researchers believe alludes to a Viking fear very recognisable to us today - their own climate crisis. Video by Maddy ...

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large Viking-era burial ... It was this stone that was of particular interest, according ...

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