The Great Heathen Army wasn’t a single unified force, but rather a shifting coalition of warbands whose multi-layered leadership helped it outmanoeuvre the Anglo-Saxons. By James Osborne When the Great Heathen Army arrived in England in the mid-9th century, it marked a turning point in the history of Viking activity in the British Isles. EarlierContinue reading “Meet the mysterious leaders of the Vikings’ most fearsome army”
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Archaeologists Found a Ship Buried in Norway. It’s Older than the Vikings.
Monumental ship burials had a wider and deeper past than we thought. BY TIM NEWCOMB The Vikings weren’t the first to get into the business of monumental ship burial mounds in Norway. It turns out that burying ships under piles of Earth was happening at least 100 years before the Vikings made it famous—and inContinue reading “Archaeologists Found a Ship Buried in Norway. It’s Older than the Vikings.”
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Sewer shock: 1,300-year-old Viking ship fragment discovered during suburban excavation
By Ben Cost Workers were taken aback after discovering a 1,300-year-old fragment from a Viking ship during a drainage excavation project in the Netherlands. The employees had been replacing a sewer system in Wijk bij Duurstede when they discovered a wooden beam protruding from the pavement, Jam Press reported. While it initially appeared to beContinue reading “Sewer shock: 1,300-year-old Viking ship fragment discovered during suburban excavation”
Metal detectorist finds Viking Age gold coin that might upend history
The ninth-century coin pendant depicts a Christian saint in a pagan world. BY SARAH DURN Less than a 30 minute drive from the University of Cambridge, a metal detectorist followed beeps to a remarkable treasure: a ninth century gold coin pendant. Now finding long-lost coins in the English countryside isn’t exactly unheard of. In 2025,Continue reading “Metal detectorist finds Viking Age gold coin that might upend history”