Neat Corp, the veteran VR studio behind the Budget Cuts series, announced its next VR game Crossings, which lets you melee ...

a cross-dressing Norse sorceress strikes the water with an ax to see into the future. Axes are frequently associated with magic in folk traditions from Scandinavia, Finland and Central Europe, Gardeła ...

DARE you fly solo? Imagine packing for a getaway just for you and heading off to wherever you choose in the world. You would ...

They carry swords, daggers, and axes, and always have them to hand ... It is clear that, in the west, the Rus’ were regarded as synonymous with the Norse, in fact with actual vikings. There are ...

This tapestry also contains one of the only known depictions of a horned Viking helmet.

As a provocation, Helgi wipes his bloody spear on Guđrun’s clothes and over her belly. He declares: “I think that under the corner of that shawl dwells my own death.” Helgi’s prediction comes true, ...

What it tells us about the past: More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved ...

An archaeologist sailing fjords on a Viking boat uncovers lost sea routes and hidden harbors once used by Norse sailors.

Is this really how a Viking would fight? Did Vikings use a bow and arrow? I thought they were all about the axes? Would a throwing axe really hit anything? Or would it just embarrassingly and ...

Around 1,000 years ago, this Viking Age arm-ring from the Isle of Man was likely used not only to display its owner's wealth but also to serve as currency in financial transactions.