Geneticists have studied the distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups on the Faroe Islands, known to have been colonized by Vikings around the year 900 CE, and compared these to distributions of ...

Three Viking boats embedded in the shores of an Icelandic fjord have been discovered in three days, Iceland Magazine reports. The artifacts, which include a vessel that once belonged to an affluent ...

A rare toy dating to the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation in Iceland. Even though the time period the toy comes from is known by researchers, the animal the figure represents ...

Contributors John and Sandra Nowlan, veteran cruisers, discovered their voyage on Viking Neptune from New York to Greenland and Iceland offered the best of two worlds: the pleasures of an ocean cruise ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Happy elves, Viking rituals and a back rub from the first lady are powering Iceland's handballers on their way to what could be a first Olympic gold for their frosty island.

Archaeologists uncovered a small rock animal, likely a rare children’s toy, at a Viking-age house in Seyðisfjörður, photos show. Screengrab from Fjörður Seyðisfjörður archaeological site's Facebook ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iceland fans made the most of their reputation as fiery Vikings on Saturday, practising their thunderous "Viking clap" ahead of their World Cup match in Moscow. The smallest nation ...