A newly translated runic inscription has shed light on the Galloway Hoard, considered to be one of the richest collections of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain and Ireland when it was uncovered ...

In a nutshell An ancient Viking ring inscription, previously thought to require payment of fines in both oxen AND silver, ...

Goods found with the bodies also appeared to have been through the cremation fires. Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations. In Norway ...

Archaeologists recently unveiled remarkable treasure from an excavation at the Skumsnes farm in Fitjar last autumn, including priceless Viking jewelry and coins.

NEIL OLIVER:'The Vikings travelled far and wide. Not just to raid, plunder and find land, but also to trade, to buy and sell goods. And this took them to new, exotic places far from home.' ...