If you're fascinated by Viking culture, there's one destination you should be sure to add to your list, set in a breathtaking ...

When it comes to historical fiction, there are often elements that are based on fact. What about Vikings: Valhalla? Is any of this a true story? Historical fiction is just that. It’s fictional ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...

History, particularly prehistory pieced together ... Most likely, though, it's just the same lack of imagination that turned real Viking women into a myth. Jess is an LA-based culture critic ...

A must-visit for Viking Age enthusiasts, the Stavanger region's Norse legacy is celebrated in monuments, museums, and a modern VR experience.

Want to "walk" through a real Viking village? The sequences below from the NOVA film "The Vikings" offer a fascinating and unprecedented look at Birka, a medieval Viking village that archeologists ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...

As history shows. VIKING:Stop. NEIL OLIVER:'As well as exploring and traveling along the rivers, east across Russia, the Vikings also explored new lands far to the West, across the vast North ...