When the Vikings crossed the North Sea to reach Britain in the ninth century AD, they brought their dogs and horses with them, according to new research.

Cremated animal and human bone from the Heath Wood Viking cemetery. (Image credit: Julian Richards, University of York) Viking burial site. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a set of ...

A team of archaeologists has unearthed a mysterious Viking-era animal figure at the Fjörður farm, an excavation site in Seydisfjordur, Iceland. The toy-like figure is made of soft volcanic rocks ...

Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between ...

The house was part of a Viking-age settlement buried by a landslide in 1150. While searching the floor of the house, archaeologists uncovered an animal figurine likely used as a children’s toy.

The toy was well-preserved and led to many guesses of what animal the toy could represent. In Iceland, ... Dating is around 940-1000 Viking Age," explained Traustadóttir.

The animal carving may have been a toy, which would be a rare find from the Viking Age. (Image credit: Antikva) "There's no other site in Iceland that has so many finds," Traustadóttir said.

The house was part of a Viking-age settlement buried by a landslide in 1150. While searching the floor of the house, archaeologists uncovered an animal figurine likely used as a children’s toy.

Archaeologists in Iceland have discovered what may be a rare Viking Age toy carved out of stone, but it's anyone's guess as to which animal it depicts. The figurine, which experts dated to between ...