Scandinavia, Bjorn Ironside rose through blood and battle to claim his place as a king. His name still echoes in Viking legend.

First, the mushrooms are extremely toxic and would leave any warrior in no shape to fight. Second, these mushrooms were never mentioned anywhere until 1784 -- long after the Viking age.

That Viking, who lived and died around the year 900, was first excavated from a farm in Solør, Norway, in 1900. Her head rested on a shield, a bridled horse skeleton lay curled at her feet, and ...

One chamber contained a skeleton, along with an axe, a spear, a battle knife, shields and arrows, a tasseled hat and the remains of two horses. It was clearly the grave of a great Viking warrior ...

Dozens of Viking round shields from a famous ship burial unearthed in Norway were not strictly ceremonial as long thought; instead they may have protected warriors in battle, a new study finds.