Viking

Photo of statue of Leif Erikson

Leif Erikson’s voyage to Vinland

Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, son Ragnar Lothbrok and king of Kattegat

Vikings Season 6: plot recap, plus 8 historical questions answered

Alex Hogh Andersen as Ivar the Boneless

The real Vikings: the early medieval world behind the hit drama

Monument to Prince Vladimir the Great in Moscow

Q&A Who were the Kievan Rus and what do they have to do with the Vikings?

Vahalla is depicted as a round-topped building in this funerary stone from 8th-century Sweden

Valhalla: fighting and feasting in the Viking warrior afterlife

A helmet from a chieftain's grave in 10th-century Norway

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings’ world from 5 perspectives

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Howard Williams talks about the ethics of excavation on the HistoryExtra podcast.

Viking warrior women & the ethics of excavating the dead . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Cnut holding a sceptre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cnut: the great Dane

Illustration of the raid on the monastery at Lindisfarne

Slaves in the Viking Age: how prevalent were enslaved people in Viking societies?

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Neil Price takes us inside the Viking mind to explain how the Norse raiders viewed the world and what drove them to expand across the seas. (Image by Getty Images)

Inside the Viking mind . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Oseberg ship from around AD 820 is one of the most well- preserved Viking ships ever excavated

Viking ships: 5 lesser-known facts

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Ancient Celtic Cross overlooking the Achill Sound at the old church of St Dympna and Holy Well, Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Unexpected Irish tales . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Professor Jan Bill on the HistoryExtra podcast.

At sea with the Vikings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Varangian Guard as depicted in the illuminated 12th-century manuscript known as the Madrid Skylitzes. These Viking warriors became the Byzantine emperors' personal bodyguard

What was the Varangian Guard? A brief history of the Viking warriors of the Byzantine empire

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Elaborate dragon carvings decorate the prow of the Oseberg longship, circa 800 AD, The Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway (Photo by Alamy)

Viking genes unravelled . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.