Alliances of Germanic tribes famously fought back against the Roman Empire as it attempted to expand its borders around the ... of Scandinavia during the Viking Age had a mix of local and ...

These five archaeological sites comprise a system of monumental ring-shaped Viking-Age fortresses sharing a uniform geometric design. Constructed between about 970 and 980 CE, the fortresses at ...

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100, was the age of the sleek, speedy longship. Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in ...

Often "when we excavate bodies from the Viking age, we are lucky if there are just a few teeth," Lundø said to CNN. But in this case, the dampness of the region meant that for "long periods of ...

More information: Carolina Bertilsson et al, Findings from computed tomography examinations of Viking age skulls, BDJ Open (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41405-025-00309-9 Provided by Swedish Research Council ...