For centuries, the imposing and majestic Norwegian Forest Cat has ruled as one of Scandinavia’s most iconic animals. With ...

Today the old Norse dialect—Norn—is all but ... Many adorn their bodies with tattoos, and some adopt a Viking diet, slaughtering and roasting game. Photograph by David Guttenfelder With ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

They "wanted an example of an old Viking marriage ritual ... "There's a lot of Norse imagery that goes with Nazi imagery in ...

Here he offers his insights into what drove the Vikings on their global explorations, how Norse scholars today view the Vinland Map, and more. NOVA: What did the Vikings actually do in their ...

The Viking Age - when they were most active in their exploration and raiding - covers the period from the 8th Century until the 11th Century AD. Norse settlers were those from these countries who ...

The findings corroborate with the Norse Sverris Saga ... Archaeologists discover more than 50 exceptionally well-preserved Viking skeletons in Denmark Archaeologists found that this was likely ...

An explanation of how the Norse settlement of Jarlshof in Shetland, Scotland, has taught archaeologists about the Norse and how they lived. The Norse settled at Jarlshof because it was near the ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in ... sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled ...

The Norse Vikings ventured to Iceland and some then settled in Greenland and Vinland in North America - what later became Newfoundland. The Gjellestad warrior longship dates from the pre-Christian ...

She is not alone. Today more American women than men have tattoos — 38 percent of women vs. 27 percent of men, according to Pew Research Center. Overall, nearly a third of Americans have at ...

An explanation of how the Norse settlement of Jarlshof in Shetland, Scotland, has taught archaeologists about the Norse and how they lived. The Norse settled at Jarlshof because it was near the ...