But the killer? Folklore has it as the ghost of St Edmund, seeking revenge for his own death at the hands of the monarch's Viking predecessors. Is there any truth to the legend? As improbable as ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...

T he Vikings series from History Channel, which first aired in 2013, originally chronicled the journey of the legendary Norse ...