As axes are brandished across Lerwick today, a far more ancient Viking weapon has found its way to Shetland Museum and ...

Residents of Shetland in the UK celebrate their Viking heritage at the Up Helly Aa fire festival, held in Lerwick. View on ...

The Vikings weren’t the most diplomatic group of settlers in history. The famous seafaring ... such as being the first to forge Odin’s Sword or discovering and taking control of Yggdrasil.

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“You are,” Smith says as I stare at the newly exposed bright filigree of the Viking sword found in a river I have spent a lifetime crossing, “only the sixth person to see this decoration since the ...

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The long, broad, two-edged iron sword and the long-handled, broad-edged battle axe were the principal weapons they carried. Some were armed with spears, others with bow and arrows. Most had an iron ...

The Vikings are commonly viewed as the most noticeable Scandinavian contribution to global history. Indeed, the raiding and trading Vikings left their traces across Northern Europe and beyond, and the ...

History books can only cover so much, and most of us haven’t cracked one open since we were in college. But if you want to ...