It’s now confirmed that Norse Vikings, known for their seafaring prowess, reached North America a millennium ago, establishing the first known European settlement at Anse aux Meadows. This revelation, ...

Following Christopher Columbus' first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492, Spain and other European countries engaged in large-scale colonization that resulted in European settlers and their ...

For one thing, it could shed new light on the early Norse experience in North America, first substantiated by Helge Ingstad, an explorer, and his wife, Anne Stine Ingstad, an archaeologist. In 1960, ...

Vikings from Greenland lived in Newfoundland, Canada in 1021, according to new research published in Nature. Researchers came to the conclusion by studying trees the Vikings cut down during their ...

Galvaneus studied for his doctorate in Genoa, the closest major port to Milan and a massive hub for maritime trade. A 2024 ...

It's practically common knowledge by now that Leif Erikson, not Christopher Columbus, was the first European to set foot in ...

Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.