This process combines history and skill, producing a battle-ready axe that embodies the strength and legacy of Viking warriors. Will TikTok be banned this weekend? What to know after Supreme Court ...

As its subtitle suggests, “Embers of the Hands” is not a history of early medieval Europe ... although they lived so long ago, the Vikings were people. In the chapter on “Love,” for ...

5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Icelandic sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled on a new ...