A man who crafted a replica Viking shield in his garden shed before donating it to a museum on the Isle of Man said the ...

Shield 'reconstruction' cobbled together in the late 19th–early 20th century. The shield is reinforced with modern steel frames but comprised of original boards. The central board is seemingly ...

Building Viking shields is not the thing most teens spend their time on, but for one Aurora high school student the work was a perfect fit. For his Eagle Scout project, West Aurora High School senior ...

West Aurora High School student Erik Longo of Aurora presented Geneva History Museum with an early Christmas present on Dec. 21. For his Eagle Scout project, Longo, a West senior, presented eight ...

What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse god of war — is a unique example of Viking Age metalworking that provides ...

Last year, the discovery of an ax head on a mountaintop overlooking Norway’s Trondheim Fjord led archaeologists to a tenth-century Viking grave. Though they found no remains, the team recovered a ...