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

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

Discovered in 2014 near Kirkcudbright, the Galloway Hoard became one of the UK’s most significant archaeological finds of the ...

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The Vikings arrived in Scotland in longboats, attacking buildings and people. They occupied large parts of the country including Dalriada. The Scotti moved into Pictland, where the Picts were too ...

A newly translated runic inscription has shed light on the Galloway Hoard, considered to be one of the richest collections of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain and Ireland when it was uncovered ...

Vikings conquered many of Scotland's islands as well as the mainland, in the 8th and 9th Centuries. They came, they conquered, they left, or so the story seemed to go. Now historians are re ...

Men dressed as Vikings for a fire festival in Shetland, Scotland, in January. A thousand years ago, ... [+] at least in Sweden, Vikings had surprisingly sophisticated dental habits, new research ...

Discovered in a field in Scotland in 2014, the Viking Age “community property” is now the focus of a new exhibition in Australia Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent In 2014, a metal detectorist ...

A 120-year-old sailing boat of a design dating back to the Vikings is helping to preserve the future of traditional boatbuilding in Scotland. "Bee" is one of the very few remaining Stroma yoles – a ...