The evidence turns previous assertions that the Italian Christopher Columbus was the first foreigner to step foot in the New ...

In Autun, France, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old fabric woven with gold threads in an ancient burial site. The fabric, once a symbol of elite aristocracy, was found in a lead coffin, along ...

The 4 Nations Face-Off is about teams bringing the top players and performing at the top level but it's also about rivalries. Sweden and Finland have already played a lot of hockey against each other, ...

A Viking Age hall, believed to be the largest of its kind ever discovered in Britain, has been uncovered during an archaeological dig at High ...

A Viking Age hall, believed to be the largest of its kind ever discovered in Britain, has been uncovered during an archaeological dig at High Tarns in Cumbria.

Archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking-age building in a recent dig. Teams of volunteers dug up High ...

Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...

Discoveries by detectorists, as well as beachcombers and mudlarkers — who search for items on riverbanks — shine new light ...

Discovered in a field in Scotland in 2014, the Viking Age "community property" is now the focus of a new exhibition in ...

A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.

A famed Viking-age silver hoard discovered in Scotland may have belonged to an entire community of people, rather than one ...