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The world’s oldest wooden spears were probably made by Neanderthals around 200,000 years ago and used to annihilate entire ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Dr Siobhan Cooke-Miller said: “Our Viking and Norse past has shaped Orkney’s identity and has had a lasting impact on our islands which we can see in our landscape, place-names, language and our rich ...

All that you've heard about the Vikings may not be true.

Archeologists have discovered at least six hoards of ancient artifacts on top of a volcanic hilltop. Finds at the site ...

A stunning 1,200-year-old gold and silver figurine depicting a Viking woman armed with a sword and shield has been discovered ...

Archaeologist Julia Wihlborg suggested that the sword and shield of the Hårby Valkyrie may represent a woman who had manly ...

People have lived on this farm for at least 2,000 years. Researchers now know more about the farm's past than the family who ...

Archaeologists in Linköping excavated an unusual row of stones and found a Viking-era grave with weapons and fabrics, photos ...

AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron ...