The Danes pushed their way into the east and Midlands, and by the 850s, they were the dominating force. Despite their power, ...

Some 500 years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, a Viking warrior* or Norse tradesman, equipped with his sword, shield and ax, took ship with his companions, set sail westward across the ...

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

Scientists have connected 800-year-old skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle to a mysterious figure mentioned in a medieval Norse saga, using advanced DNA analysis.

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an 800-year-old Norse saga.

An 800-year-old Norse saga makes a glancing mention of a dead man tossed in a drinking well after a raid on a castle in Norway, almost as an aside. The poor guy doesn’t even get a name ...

Although English speakers were okay with keeping “glitter” and “glimmer,” they wanted the Norse invaders off their island. In the late 870s, Alfred the Great rallied his fighters and claimed victory.

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an 800-year-old Norse saga.