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08/05/2026

North Jutland Museums in Denmark have revealed a find of six solid gold bracelets from the 10th century. Weighing in at 762.5 grams, the rings together constitute the third largest Viking Age gold find ever unearthed in Denmark.

Researchers have dubbed the six bracelets "the Rold Treasure", after the forest area where they were found.

The Rold Treasure is the third largest Viking Age gold find in Denmark.

11/04/2026

The Saga of Dighton Rock.

A single rock in Massachusetts became the focus of a major 19th-century theory linking Viking explorers to North America.

27/02/2026

A Viking Age mass grave at Wandlebury has revealed remains of at least ten people, and researchers now test origins and kinship through DNA and isotopes.

Cambridge University archeologist Dr. Oscar Aldred speaks to The Viking Herald about finding a burial pit full of bodies and how they might have got there.

25/02/2026

The popular image of Valkyries as helmeted battle women is only one slice of a bigger and stranger set of roles.

The Valkyries have been a source of artistic inspiration for centuries due to their roles as battle maidens, weavers of fate, and mythic messengers.

24/02/2026

Viking trade ran on ordinary materials as much as silver, with soapstone vessels and whetstones moving through the same networks as luxury goods.

Buried Viking treasure hordes may capture the imagination, but they did not fuel everyday life in Viking societies. We look beyond the spoils of pillage and plunder to the ordinary items that underpinned Viking life.

22/02/2026

The Prose Edda preserves a huge amount of Norse myth and language, shaped by a Christian Icelandic world and a writer with one foot in politics and one in poetry.

Do you often find it hard to tell the difference between Thor and Tyr? Unsure of the relationship between Baldr and Bragi? Well, thanks in part to a 13th-century CE poet and politician, there is a textbook that serves as an ultimate guide to the rich complexities of Norse mythology.

20/02/2026

NORSE: Oath of Blood is a turn-based tactical game set in Dark Age Norway, and it follows Gunnar as he seeks revenge for his father's murder.

The turn-based game sees Norse warrior Gunnar on a mission to avenge his father's murder.

18/02/2026

Early medieval Scandinavia had locks, keys, and padlocks, plus people who made, maintained, and repaired them as everyday tools.

People often think of Vikings kicking in monastery doors, seizing untold wealth. However, these same warriors had homes of their own to guard and protect. We delve into household security during the early medieval period, when Vikings roamed.

17/02/2026

Dorestad sat where North Sea travel met inland trade, and its tolls and harbor rents made it rich enough to mint coins. That wealth also made it hard for Viking raiders to ignore.

Capturing a Carolingian trading town in what is now the Netherlands, Viking warriors established Dorestad as a forward base for inland raiding. Utilizing the Rhine as a superhighway, their terrorizing raids throughout Middle Europe soon became drenched in blood and treasure.

15/02/2026

Archeologist Steve Dickinson lays out his case for a coastal mound in Cumbria that he links to Ivar the Boneless and a Viking ship burial.

In an exclusive interview with The Viking Herald, archeologist Steve Dickinson explains why a prominent mound on the coast of Cumbria, England, may mark a major Viking ship burial, and why he believes it could be linked to Ivar the Boneless.

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