Powerful storms on the Orkney Islands in the far north of Scotland recently exposed ancient human bones in a Pictish and Viking cemetery dating to almost 1,500 years ago. Volunteers are piling ...
The carved head is made of red sandstone. University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute An intricately carved head made of red sandstone has been found on one of Scotland’s Orkney ...
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Viking drinking hall on a remote island in the Scottish Orkney archipelago. The large Norse Hall was uncovered at Westness on the island of Rousay. Dating to ...
Orkney has been named among six new areas across the UK to benefit from a £200m National Lottery Fund to help places of ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The crew of a replica Viking longship scrapped plans to sail across the North Sea on Monday because of unfavorable winds, and the ship was to be towed to a group of islands north ...
Citizens and scientists on the Orkney Islands are racing to protect thousands of ancient structures threatened by climate change. Jim Dwyer, a New York Times reporter, and Josh Haner, a Times ...
The Norse hall was discovered during excavations at Skaill Farmstead, on the island of Rousay, Orkney. UHI Archaeology Institute Archaeologists have discovered an ancient Viking drinking hall on a ...
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