“It’s extremely rare to find coins in Viking burials, and so far as I know, none have ever been found in a shield boss.” Ystgaard points out that Vikings were known to travel as far as ...

But her appearance, however brief, electrified me more than any other thrill in director Robert Eggers' bombastic new Viking epic (and that's saying something). Amleth (who embodies the ...

Grab your horned helmet, axe and shield and get ready to party like it's 899 (AD). The city of York in north-east England is once again hosting Europe's biggest Viking celebration, the Jorvik ...