Rising seas and increased flooding may have helped chase Viking colonists out of Greenland, a new study has found. The study offers a new explanation to a medieval mystery: why Viking settlements on ...
The Vikings were far from a monolithic group. The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes each brought something different to the table ...
A team of scientists from Jacksonville State University soon will embark on an archeological research trip to Iceland in hopes of uncovering the mysterious lives of ancient Viking settlers, according ...
1. Who were the Vikings? -- Who and what was a Viking? -- Cradle of the Vikings -- Before the Vikings -- Scandinavia and the Roman Empire -- New signs of power -- Political mergers : the rise of the ...
The sea level around Greenland rose more than 3.3 metres from AD 1000 to 1450, contributing to the woes of Viking settlers and to their eventual abandonment of the island, researchers have found. That ...
Imagine a dragon-headed ship cutting through the frigid Atlantic waters, its crew scanning the horizon for any sign of land.