Viking Archaeology Blog

The Viking Archaeology Blog is concerned with news reports featuring Viking period archaeology. It was primarily constructed as a source for the University of Oxford Online Course in Viking Archaeology: Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers. For news reports for general European archaeology, go to The Archaeology of Europe News Blog.

This pile of rubble is actually an ancient fort. Historians have discovered 450 of them around Norway

The Viking Sieges of Paris

Scandinavia before the Vikings

These Scots Still Fish Like the Vikings

Digging Up the Rich Viking History of Britain

Drought helped push the Vikings out of Greenland, new study finds

A Viking Settlement Mysteriously Vanished. Now, We Have an Answer

Ancient remains from reindeer hunting and a forgotten trail in the Norwegian mountains found by glacial archaeologists

Ground-breaking DNA study finds Vikings weren’t all Scandinavian

Viking Age boat burials: a history of research

When the Vikings Crossed the Atlantic

Viking sites in Scotland: These are 13 areas with Nordic history you should visit in Scotland

Archeologists long believed that ancient graves were robbed all over Europe, but here’s why they’re wrong

North European Funeral and Burial Rites in the Early Middle Ages

The Sun & the Moon in Norse Myth

Vikings may have fled Greenland to escape rising seas

Brutal Viking Ritual Called 'Blood Eagle' Was Anatomically Possible, Study Shows

Galloway Hoard yields another exciting discovery

Ancient sheep poop reveals an unknown population on Faroe Islands before Vikings

‘Extraordinary’ restoration of Roman rock crystal jar from Galloway hoard

Wealth & Power in Medieval Iceland

Viking sword discovered on Papa Westray, Orkney has 'many stories to tell'

11th c. earring is first of its kind found in Scandinavia

Viking Sword from Scotland X-Rayed

Intricate sword, buckle and arrows in Viking burial

“World-class find”: A rare Egyptian earring found in the middle of a field in Denmark

Norwegian Archaeologists Discover One of the Largest Viking Longhouses in Scandinavia

Norwegian archaeologists find late Iron Age longhouses

Viking Roles

Harald Hardrada: why there’s more to the last great Viking than his death in 1066

The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?

A Viking axe struck a Newfoundland tree in the year 1021. Here’s how scientists proved it

Did Vikings and their stowaway mice beat Portugal to the Azores?

Breakthrough Discovery Shows Vikings Were Active in North America 1,000 Years Ago

When the Vikings reached the Americas

Word Of Viking Settlements In North America Reached Italy 150 Years Before Columbus

The Best-Preserved Pair of Skis from Prehistory

Two men to face trial over £1m Viking hoard of coins and silver

A Danish man found buried treasure from the Iron Age using a metal detector, just hours after turning it on for the first time

Viking Hygiene, Clothing, & Jewelry

Viking Map of North America Identified as 20th-Century Forgery

Temple at Uppsala

Melting ice and a high altitude dig reveal Viking secrets in Norway

DNA Testing Just Revealed That This 1,000 Year Old Finnish Viking Was Likely A Well-Respected Intersex Warrior

Viking ‘amulet factory’ discovery forces rethink of enigmatic artifacts

Archaeologists baffled as Viking discovery in UK 'predates' Scandinavian artefacts

‘Hugely significant’ discoveries made on final day of excavation to find Shetland’s ancient Viking capital

Skeletons of twin infant Vikings discovered in Sweden

Twin Viking Babies Found in a Surprisingly Christian-Looking Burial in Sweden

Looking for Viking ship burials with a 17th-century illustration