Around 1250 B.C.E., two ancient armies fought with clubs, swords and arrows in northeast Germany’s Tollense Valley. The site is sometimes called “Europe’s oldest known battlefield,” as no ...

(Archaeologists have found arrowheads with the remains ... imagine killing 35 Icelanders without all their relatives coming over to take revenge?" The Viking presence in North America had dwindled ...

If there was no wind, the Viking boats could be powered by oars. But they really came into their own as sailing ships. Then they were able to travel much, much further. But not all Viking boats ...

Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ‘King of all England ... power than God. In Viking times, a king had to ...