Massive Viking Textile Production: Archaeologists near Aarhus uncovered a 100,000 sq m Viking textile hub with 82 pit houses, silver, and trade goods, reshaping Viking economic history.

Viking-Age woman's boat grave on Norway’s Senja Island (c. 900–950 CE) held her skeleton and loyal dog, alongside textile tools and brooches signalling high status.

Editor’s Picks for March 2026: Five new books revisit medieval war, Vikings, Anglo-Saxon life, dragons, and women’s history—fresh perspectives beyond the clichés.

The Wolf Age explores how Vikings and Anglo-Saxons fought, ruled, and built a fragile North Sea empire at the turn of the eleventh century.

Migration into Early Medieval England. Isotope analysis shows continuous migration (c. AD 400–1100), mostly male and from diverse regions, reshaping the invasion narrative.

Vikings blends Norse legend and real events in a gripping TV saga. This analysis separates historical fact from fiction across key episodes and characters.

A Viking DNA study reveals diverse ancestry, debunking myths of blond, purely Scandinavian warriors and redefining what it meant to be a Viking.

Rollo was a Viking warrior who became the first ruler of Normandy, France. He is known for his role in the Siege of Paris and the Norman Conquest of England.

The 8th century: a time of transformative change that shaped the world, from the rise of Islam to the Viking Age.