A metal detectorist unearthed a Viking sword fragment shaped like wild boars, a first-of-its-kind find for the Netherlands, photos show. Photo from the Fries Museum On a farm in the Netherlands ...

Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations ... than a grizzly legend after all. The skin, ancient though it was, had once belonged to a cow.

After a long, hard day of pillaging with axes and swords, Vikings likely celebrated ... In movies and books about Vikings, the ancient seafaring conquerors don’t pause their revelry to remove ...

Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

A metal detectorist unearthed a Viking sword fragment shaped like wild boars, a first-of-its-kind find for the Netherlands, ...

An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming ... he discover that it was likely to be an ancient relic. The local museum, where the sword is now being kept, said it was extremely ...