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 runestones ...

(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 ...

Image Comics has announced Bear Pirate Viking Queen — a new three-issue limited series teaming King Spawn writer Sean Lewis with artist Jonathan Marks Barravecchia. Per Image, Bear Pirate Viking Queen ...

Whenever I think of Vikings, I must admit, I picture big, burly men with long beards and cool battle armor. But did you know that there are stories of a powerful Viking queen that stood out from the ...

A mysterious queen named Thyra who lived during the Viking era may have been one of the founders of what is now Denmark. Multiple commemorative “runestones” mention her by name, suggesting she was a ...

An analysis of Viking rune stones in Denmark revealed the power of a Viking queen, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Antiquity Hundreds of Viking monuments dot Denmark’s coastal ...

Thanks to a 12th-century Danish historian, we have so many details about the Viking era to consume. Saxo Grammaticus was an important figure in medieval Europe and he was responsible for compiling the ...

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Hundreds of Viking monuments dot Denmark’s coastal countryside. These carved stones, known as runes, are inscribed with the names of powerful Vikings who ruled the region over 1,000 years ago. Among ...