Brutal Viking Ritual Called ‘Blood Eagle’ Was Anatomically Possible, Study Shows

Famed for their swift longboats and bloody incursions, Vikings have long been associated with brutal, over-the-top violence. Between the eighth and 11th centuries, these groups left their Nordic homelands to make their fortunes by trading and raiding across Europe.   Particularly infamous is the so-called “blood eagle”, a gory ritual these warriors are said to … Read more

Remote North Atlantic Islands Were Inhabited Centuries Earlier Than Previously Thought

The picturesque and remote Faroe Islands sit in the North Atlantic, between Norway and Iceland, around 200 miles (322 kilometers) northwest of Scotland. Today, almost 54,000 people live on the archipelago, but it seems the first inhabitants arrived a lot earlier than previously thought.   From the earliest archaeological structures on the Faroes, we know … Read more

Faroe Islands: Remote archipelago was occupied 300 years earlier than we thought

By Chen Ly The Faroe Islands dataichi – Simon Dubreuil/Getty Images People arrived on the Faroe Islands – a North Atlantic archipelago between Iceland, Norway and the British Isles – earlier than we thought, predating the arrival of Norse Vikings by about 300 years. The earliest direct evidence of human settlement on the Faroe Islands … Read more