The harbours, landing places and travel routes used by Vikings in Scotland are to be investigated in a major new research project. The harbours, ...

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 ...

Scotland is full of dangerous natives who speak an incomprehensible language and the is weather awful. That was the verdict of a series of 13th century Viking travel guides that warned voyagers to ...

DNA map of UK migration history shows Vikings drew the line at pillaging Analysis shows less Viking DNA than expected, and no single group of Celts. Cathleen O'Grady – Mar 20, 2015 6:30 am | 115 ...

Its biggest festival involves burning a longboat, the local tongue is littered with Scandinavian words, and now Shetland is to become one of the… ...

Ancient Viking crystal jar buried over 1,000 years ago to go on public display in Scotland The Viking hoard was buried in around AD 900 and contains extraordinary items, including brooches ...

Viking-era vessel discovered in Scotland has ‘distant origins,’ analysis reveals. It traveled thousands of miles from modern-day Iran.

Art & Exhibitions See the Rare Neolithic and Viking Treasures Returning to Scotland for Display. Human activity on the remote Scottish island dates back to 6,000 B.C.E.

A Viking-Era Vessel Found in Scotland a Decade Ago Turns Out to Be From Asia Experts used X-ray technology to link the artifact—part of the famous Galloway Hoard—to an Iranian silver mine.