Iceland

For years many of us were taught that Christopher Columbus was the first European to…

The Viking reputation has grown immensely in recent decades. Long-held characterizations of these Norse warriors…

Lost treasures loom large in pop archaeology. Aside from the obvious material gain of figuring…

And now for something deeply worrying from our Icelandic cousins. These are the necropants, and…

When local governments or private citizens want to build a road or add an extension,…

Loki is a familiar name to many today, one of the most famous of the…

In 1974, two men in Iceland went missing, ten months apart. Eventually six people would…

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic poet and historian who developed a strong knowledge of Icelandic…

Ming the clam is quite possibly the oldest creature who lived in this world, but…

Is the holy Grail in Iceland? Giancarlo Gianazza discusses the theory of a secret chamber filled with sacred books and objects from the Temple of Jerusalem.

There was contact between the Icelandic Vikings and the Native Americans which led to Native American DNA being brought back to Iceland.