One of Canada's top Arctic archeologists says the remnants of a stone- and-sod wall unearthed on southern Baffin Island may be traces of a shelter built more than 700 years ago by Norse seafarers - a stunning find that would be just the second location in the New World with evidence of a Viking-built structure. The tantalizing signs of a possible ( Read more... )

Six months ago I set out on the most unusual and the wettest journey of my life.

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A haul of Viking treasure unearthed in Yorkshire has been proclaimed the most important find of its kind in Britain for 150 years by experts at the British Museum.


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Swedish experts have confirmed the finding of over 1,000 Viking-era silver coins after their chance discovery by two brothers on the Swedish island of Gotland ( Read more... )