The Jelling stones are large carved runestones from the 10th century. From the year 800 to 1050, what we now know as Denmark played a central role as a home base for Viking expeditions far and wide.

(CNN) — More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements. Two groups of ...

In a village in central Denmark, archeologists made a landmark discovery that could hold important clues to the Viking era: a burial ground, containing some 50 “exceptionally well-preserved” skeletons ...

A Viking burial site from the 10th century has been excavated in central Denmark. Consisting of 30 graves, the area was uncovered by chance in the village of Lisbjerg five miles north of Aarhus, the ...

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On fields at Vallø Estate, near Køge, researchers have discovered traces of a massive Viking fortress built with heavy timbers and earthen embankments. The perfectly circular fortress is similar to ...

This discovery is the largest in more than 10 years and unlike any other found in the area. Nordjyske Museer Scientists have uncovered the remains of a huge building that likely dates to the era of ...

Archaeologists have only unearthed half of the Viking hall so far and plan to continue their dig later in 2023. Nordjyske Museer Archaeologists in Denmark have discovered the remains of a large ...

Model of the original Viking fortress at Trelleborg in Denmark. A local authority on the Danish island of West Zealand has given the green light to rebuild a Viking fortress on its original ...

Fifty "exceptionally well-preserved" Viking skeletons have been unearthed in Denmark by archaeologists from the Museum Odense, west of Copenhagen, along with five cremated graves. "It is truly unusual ...