Vikings

An example: Viking standards of beauty stood apart; blond locks were cherished, leading them to employ harsh methods to bleach their hair

Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said on April 20.

The rare trove, lying in two spots not far apart, was unearthed by a young girl who was metal detecting in a cornfield last autumn.

The US state of Maine is looking at making Viking-style funerals legal, meaning a deceased person could be set on fire outdoors as part of a ceremony

It had been previously thought that the Vikings abandoned the Eastern Settlement in the early fifteenth century

Alexander Skarsgard has been dreaming about Vikings for as long as he can remember. Some of his earliest memories are from Oland, a Swedish island on the Baltic Sea, where his great-grandfather built a home many years ago. His grandfather would regale him with tales of Viking history while walking among the massive runestones.

Scientists claim the civilization traveled to Newfoundland and set up colonies to mine gold in the 1st Century nearly a millennium before the Vikings

Boats, which were symbols of safe passage into the afterlife, were also reserved for powerful Viking individuals

Scientists claim the civilization traveled to Newfoundland and set up colonies to mine gold in the 1st Century nearly a millennium before the Vikings

Romanian police specialising in heritage crimes on February 7 recovered a medieval helmet "of Viking origin" that disappeared a decade ago, and which they called "unique in Romania" and very rare in the rest of Europe in an announcement issued on Friday.

A Romanian expert in historical illustration, Radu Oltean, said the helmet dated from the 11th century.

Melting glaciers in the mountains northwest of Oslo, Norway have revealed a mountain pass from the Viking era.  

Archaeological remains dating back to 300 AD were found in the Lendbreen pass, the U.K.'s Daily Mail newspaper reported.