A hiker discovered a "well-worn" gold scabbard that offers a rare glimpse into the lives of the 6th-century warrior elite.

Now known as the Rold Treasure, this collection ranks as the third-largest Viking Age gold discovery ever recorded in Denmark ...

A routine first-grade field trip turned into the discovery of a lifetime when a six-year-old boy happened upon an exceptionally well-preserved sword dating back roughly 1,300 years. Found in the ...

The intricate motif, at first glance a tangle of curving lines, conceals two animal figures in profile facing each other along the upper and lower edges. Kristoffersen noted that "it is possible that ...

The Château de Villarceaux, in the Val-d'Oise department, invites you to step back into the Middle Ages and the Second Empire ...

The frontline of Viking territory runs through the unassuming market town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, putting it at the ...

This 1971 article from the Village Voice archives looks at trumped up charges against the Black Panthers that a jury found ludicrous.

If you want a more relaxing and aesthetic historical experience, try the museum gardens. This is the perfect place to ...

Archaeologists are learning that an ancient funerary practice was more common than they realized.

Researchers have discovered 42 pages of one of the earliest New Testament manuscripts, previously thought to be lost, containing the letters of St. Paul, per Ancient Origins. An i ...