Men dressed as Vikings for a fire festival in Shetland, Scotland, in January. A thousand years ago, ... [+] at least in Sweden, Vikings had surprisingly sophisticated dental habits, new research ...

(Gabriel Hildebrand/The Royal Coin Cabinet, Sweden) At Fröjel, a Viking Age site on the west coast of Gotland, archaeologists search for evidence of a workshop that included a silver-smelting ...

Recently, a new study discovered that Vikings in Sweden suffered from dental issues, researchers from the University of ...

Gabriel Hildebrand/ The Swedish History Museum A Viking ring with a Kufic inscription saying "for Allah" was found inside a 9th Century woman's grave in Birka two years ago "The name Ali is ...

Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines. While digging to find an ancient ...

Arkeologerna and Sweden's National Historical Museums In ... The burials were dated to between 800 and 1050 A.D. — the Viking era. Before long, more and more burials were found, and other ...

Sweden, renowned for its wealth of Viking rune stones and rock carvings, boasts the world’s largest collection of these historic artifacts. These standing stones, dating back to between the 9th ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered a mysterious Viking Age burial ground with graves shaped like stone ships. As many as 139 of these graves have been found so far at the site near Varberg ...

a medieval Viking village that archeologists recently excavated near modern-day Stockholm. The video clips come from footage that Swedish filmmakers Mikael Agaton and Lars Rengfelt shot of a 1:30 ...