Among the Scandinavian archaeological heritage are the so-called runestones, stelae whose epigraphic content is written -obviously- in runes, with a quite broad chronology, from the 4th century to the ...
Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon helmet found in Sutton Hoo. Credit: Chris Eccles / Flickr From there, they reached the Byzantine capital, breaking the siege it was under by pagans, and many were ...
Long-haired Norsemen with gold-gilded axes once guarded emperors in Constantinople. The Varangian Guard wasn’t just elite—they were legendary. Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg ‘quits’ after plan for US ...