Photographs by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT GUSTAVIANUM, UPPSALA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Viking warriors fought for riches and reputation with swords such as this, discovered at Gnezdovo, Russia.

The Valkyries were divine shieldmaidens in the service of Odin, the All-Father. They helped the leader of the gods choose the bravest fallen warriors to dwell in the afterlife of Valhalla. In ...

A Viking warrior unearthed at the site in Repton where the Great Army camped over the winter of 873–874 was found to have received severe injuries to the head and left thigh.(Courtesy Martin ...

Berserkr' is an Old Norse word meaning 'bear skin' and berserkers were Viking warriors who went into battle wearing wolf or bear skins. Berserkers believed that Odin, the god of war, gave them ...

Life for a Viking warrior was usually brutal and short. Perilous voyages, bloody battles and a hard life of raiding and subsistence farming meant few survived beyond their 40s. Valhalla ...

From winter festivals in sub-zero, snow-covered conditions, to locals wearing bulky, uniquely patterned sweaters, to a professional sports team named after a certain sect of Norse warriors ...