As the eighth century drew to a close, the first Viking kings ruled on the island of Karmøy nearly 100 years before Norway became a sovereign country. Now, archaeologists have discovered the burials ...

The 1,000-year-old "king" piece from a Viking board game is one of the few depictions of a ruler from the Viking era, according to a new analysis. "The figure is depicting a late tenth-century king," ...

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...

WIEJKOWO, Poland — More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a European king whose nickname lives on through wireless technology is at the center of an archaeological dispute.