Archaeologists have unearthed dozens of "unusual" Viking burial plots, as well as artifacts, which are spread over nine ...

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

Additional discoveries included the remains of horses and riders buried alongside each other, along with their equipment.

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

A Professor of Viking Studies at the University of Nottingham has led an ambitious new project and produced a fresh, ...

There were 19 treasure finds in Cheshire and Merseyside in 2024. That’s down from 21 in 2023, but level with 2022 and up from ...

Thousands of people are set to descend on York as Europe’s largest Viking festival, the JORVIK Viking Festival, returns to the city.

A new display showcases the "extraordinary" Viking and Bronze Age treasures unearthed on the Isle of Man over the past 200 years. The National Treasures exhibition at the House of Manannan in Peel ...

Beginning at 7.30pm on Monday, December 1 at the Erin Arts Centre, the opening talk ‘National Treasures: Fantastic Finds From ...

Man found a Viking hoard using a metal detector with hacksilver, scrap silver used as bullion for weight trade, alongside cut coin fragments.

Norfolk's neighbouring counties are also treasure-finding hotspots, with the East of England producing more finds than any ...