Commanded by the fearsome Bjorn Ironside and Hastein, Viking longships headed to the Mediterranean in the 850s. Their mission? To capture the riches of Rome. Ruling the wavesAlbert Goodwin’s ...
At least 94 people have died and 279 are missing after Hong Kong’s worst fire in more than 100 years tore through several high-rise buildings on Wednesday afternoon, officials have said. Firefighters ...
The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with complex ceremonies such as burying their dead in ships. THE ANUNDSHÖG RUNE ...
On September 25, 1066, King Harold Godwinson's Saxon army had just force-marched nearly 200 miles in four days to confront a Norwegian invasion led by Harald Hardrada—one of the most feared Viking ...