Rachel Morgan

At the end of the 1930s, an Anglo-Saxon ship burial emerged from a mound in Suffolk. The rich assortment of medieval grave goods offered valuable insights into the Anglo-Saxon world.

New archaeological tools continue to give archaeologists innovative means of interrogating the past. These advances bring experts closer than ever to understanding the Viking world.

Norse sagas and archaeology document the settlement of Viking Iceland, providing both overlapping and contradictory versions of events.

According to Norse sagas, Erik the Red led the first Viking settlement of Greenland in the 980s CE. What does archaeology have to say?

The Bayeux Tapestry is a medieval treasure that reveals the history of the Norman conquest of England in extraordinary detail.

Construction in York, England unearthed a Viking Age town called Jorvik. Archaeological excavations revealed an Anglo-Norse world rich with information about the past.

Brimming with silver and gold, Viking treasure hoards never fail to intrigue when they emerge from the earth. Their deposition reveals the wealth and instability of the medieval Norse world.

Vikings reproduced Thor’s legendary hammer, Mjolnir, across the medieval world. These artifacts shed light on Norse beliefs across space and time.