The Viking king who introduced Christianity to Denmark had cross-bearing silver coins struck between the years 970 and 980. Last fall, researchers uncovered 50 silver coins bearing crucifixes, alongside other treasures, in a field in Blåtand, Denmark, just a few miles from where said king—Harald Bluetooth—built the iconic Viking ring castle Fyrkat, which survives today….

Ancient Scandinavians, often referred to as the Vikings, might not have been as simple and barbaric as they have been portrayed for the last decades. For a Viking, the art of storytelling was highly regarded and the stories told around the fire were often filled with deeper wisdom and warnings on what would happen if…

The Vikings were capable sailors who colonized a number of islands such as England, Ireland, and further north, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland. Was Greenland the only territory to have resisted the Vikings? …

Two Viking-era swords were recently unearthed by archaeologists in Sweden. The weapons were once plunged into the earth vertically, between tombs at a mass burial site. While severely corroded by time, incredibly, they had lasted intact and remained in place for some 1,200 years. It was a motorway expansion that prompted the two-year-long dig in…

The famed Ulfberht Viking swords were made of metal so pure it baffled archaeologists. It was thought the technology to forge such metal was not invented for another 800 or more years, during the Industrial Revolution. About 170 Ulfberhts have been found, dating from A.D. 800 to 1,000. A Nova National Geographic documentary titled “Secrets…

Waltz of the Sirens (Sirenenklänge Walzer), composed by Alma Deutscher, performed at Carnegie Hall in December 2019. Dame Jane Glover conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Transmission presented by Viking. Concert presented by the Packard Humanities Institute and Columbia Artists. Credit: Website: www.almadeutscher.com – Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Gab: https://gab.com/EpochTV Telegram: https://t.me/EpochTV *…

Nearly nine years after a metal detectorist in Scotland first stumbled on the largest hoard of Viking-age treasure ever unearthed in Britain or Ireland, its contents continue to yield new discoveries in the hands of researchers. The Galloway Hoard, found in 2014 by one Derrick McLennan from Ayrshire, consists of over 100 gold, silver, crystal,…

A rare, priceless, 11th-century gold earring found by a metal detectorist in Denmark has unearthed a fascinating history. The earring is believed by experts to have been gifted to a Viking chief by the emperor of Byzantium some 1,000 years ago, attesting to the Vikings’ far-reaching connections. It is the only known earring of its…

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean—Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said. Sea-Watch 3, a vessel run by German NGO Sea Watch, and Ocean Viking, run by European charity SOS Mediterranee, rescued the migrants…

An amateur treasure hunter has uncovered a hoard of Viking artifacts that is believed to have been buried on the Isle of Man more than 1,000 years ago. The collection includes treasures such as a large silver brooch and an exceedingly rare solid gold arm-band. The find is a momentous discovery, dated roughly A.D. 950 and…