Viking Age skeletons in Norway were much more likely to bear signs of lethal violence than those in Denmark, possibly because society in Norway was less stratified and centralized. Viking age ...

Seven ancient silver bracelets which show the staggering breadth of the Vikings' reach have been found in Denmark, a museum said Monday. One of the bracelets -- which date from the ninth century ...

A new study sheds light on how Viking Age societies in Norway and Denmark differed in their experiences with violence and the role social structures played in shaping those patterns. Rates of ...

Bruunsgaard found the trove in Elsted, an area on Denmark’s east coast just north of the city of Aarhus. In the past, archaeologists have found evidence of Viking-era settlements in the same area.

In the heart of the rugged landscape of Hardangervidda, a vast mountainous plateau in Norway, a group of archaeologists, on ...

Most of us have heard of the Law of Jante, but what does it really mean? Eric Stavney takes a look with blogger Fiona McKinna ...

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Viking age people who lived in what is now Norway were far more likely to be violently killed than Viking age people who lived in Denmark, a new analysis reveals. The findings were surprising to ...

More information: Jan Bill et al, Violence as a lens to Viking societies: A comparison of Norway and Denmark, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101605 ...

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