A routine railway tunnel project broke into a lost waterfront and exposed six wooden vessels that had been trapped beneath a ...

A newly uncovered ship burial on Norway’s coast reveals that elite maritime traditions existed centuries before the Vikings dominated the seas.

Monumental ship burials had a wider and deeper past than we thought.

Archaeologists have dated the Herlaugshaugen ship burial on Norway’s Leka island to around 700 C.E., a century before the Viking Age. The 65‑foot vessel, uncovered through metal detection and ...

The letters can travel the world for years. One enthusiast is on a quest to find them—and to track down the writers behind them. Lauren Collins reports from an expedition.

If you’ve dreamed of being a prince or princess (and you know you have!), this might be the next best thing. Here’s how to tell if your name has royal roots.

Stockholm has it all: waterfront boulevards, ABBA experiences, a lively food scene, dozens of museums, and untouched nature ...

While working on the Varberg Tunnel in Sweden, various crews ran into six fascinating shipwrecks, some of them dating back to ...

Monumental ship burials in Scandinavia may have started around a century earlier than previously thought, according to a paper published in the journal Antiquity. It reports the discovery of the ...

A 16th century shipwreck providing "unique historical and archaeological information" has been discovered off Sweden's southeastern coast, officials announced on Tuesday. The ship, which has yet to be ...

STOCKHOLM — Sweden is investigating a sanctioned tanker that is suspected of being part of the sanctioned Russian “shadow ...

OSLO, May 4 (Reuters) - The Chinese captain of a seized oil tanker with suspected Russian links has been placed under arrest ...