The Vikings were responsible for crafting some weapons that smiths still look back on with admiration today — but did that ingenuity extend to also building something capable of stopping those weapons ...

FALL RIVER — There is nothing left of the skeleton in armor except a bit of a brass ring at the Historical Society. The bones were destroyed in the fire of 1843. The breastplate (a piece of armor) ...

The Vikings are known as great warriors. This reputation is based on what we know about their weapons and battle tactics - as Barry Ager explains. The Vikings were daring masters of the sea. Their ...

Vikings did not wear much armour. Some chieftains wore mail coats, made of thousands of metal rings but most relied on a round wooden shield for protection since these were very expensive. The Vikings ...

Frida Gustavsson stars as Freydis Eriksdotter in Season 1 of Vikings: Valhalla. Pic credit: Netflix Vikings: Valhalla is already a raging success for Netflix. Already, it has racked up a staggering ...

Assassin’s Creed Rogue has 15 Viking Swords hidden worldwide, and collecting them all rewards players with the Viking Armor Outfit. The Armor is obtained by turning the swords in at Pearl Island (949, ...

Vikings partied in Scotland's Shetland Islands on Tuesday in the annual "Up Helly Aa" festival, featuring a parade of men in suits of armour torching a wooden ship. The 'Up Helly Aa' festival takes ...