An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between ...

Previously, another sword was found in the river in the 1970s during ... The sword appears to have connections to the Viking Age, an era that spanned from about 800 to 1050 C.E. During this ...

Goods found with the bodies also appeared to have been through the cremation fires. Sword and buckles, nails and wire embroidery all suggested these had been Viking cremations. In Norway ...

It was discovered by chance in 1996 ... For sheer ferocity, the names of the 51 acknowledged Valkyries rival those of Viking swords: Killer, Shield-Scraper, Teeth-Grinder ...

Right, Viking burial mounds in Heath Wood ... for protection. Below, an iron sword found lying beside the left leg of the skeleton in Grave 511 at Repton. The sword was sheathed in a wooden ...