In the remote wilderness of Ontario, a small stone etched with strange symbols has sparked renewed debate among historians and archaeologists. Discovered by chance, the artifact may contain runes, ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by our partner, ScienceNordic. The original is here. Why did Vikings sometimes use codes when they wrote in runes? Were the messages secret, or did they have ...

An updated interpretation of the famous Rök runestone suggests Vikings were preoccupied by the threat of a climate calamity. The Rök runestone was completed and upraised in what is now Östergötland, ...

HAMPTON — There is absolutely no evidence that the brother of Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson was buried at what is now Hampton, N.H., in 1004 A.D. There is, however, a curious rock on the campus of ...

Norse mythology has been making a comeback in pop culture over the last year. Rune's Project Director Chris Rhinehart agrees, stating that "it's great that people are getting exposed to more Norse ...

Rune: Viking Warlord proves that a solid concept is nothing without strong execution and that exorbitant amounts of carnage will never mask a game's faults. History books and legends paint the Vikings ...

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area. "[Farley] spent the majority of her adult life ...