Valdemar’s Day is when proud Danes remember the Danish flag’s rich history and origin on 15 June every year. Penned by the ...

Denmark is a land of Viking legends, medieval towns, and fascinating history, yet few places capture the spirit of the past so vividly as Ribe.

While functioning for only a brief period, this chain of Viking-Age fortresses is representative of the largest monuments that illustrate the centralisation of power by the Danish Jelling Dynasty and ...

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed a Viking Age burial ground containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” ...

Related: Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in Denmark The Viking Age graves near Åsum ...

Denmark's third-largest city. Experts hope to conduct DNA analyses and possibly reconstruct detailed life histories, as well as looking into social patterns in Viking Age, such as kinship ...

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100 ... began with the recovery of five vessels at Skuldelev in Roskilde fjord, Denmark, between 1957 and 1962. The excavation involved building a coffer ...

Archeologists in Denmark have made one of the most notable ... Often "when we excavate bodies from the Viking age, we are lucky if there are just a few teeth," Lundø said to CNN.

In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland. Tree rings can reveal more than just a tree's age.

You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ... did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes.

You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ... did not leave a written record during the Viking Age (AD700-1100) but Vikings did use runes.