Two unassuming pieces of wood recovered from a prehistoric lakeshore in southern Greece have become a headline-grabbing rarity - the oldest known handheld wooden tools, dated to around 430,000 years ...

This detailed exploration of Norse mythology delves into the complex relationship between Hel, the ruler of the underworld, and Baldur, the beloved god of light. The narrative traces their origins ...

A set of ancient clay cylinders discovered in Syria may hold the earliest known example of alphabetic writing, predating ...

Heritage was the main inspiration behind magnificent runestones being offered to community councils across the isles by ...

An artist has offered each of Shetland’s 18 community council a bespoke runestone celebrating Shetland’s Norse heritage. Whalsay man Magnus Hutchison said each runestone would be designed using an old ...

Flinders University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. In Old Norse, Angrboða’s name means “bringer of grief or sorrows” and it’s not hard to see why. This giantess is Loki the ...

Google parent Alphabet said it will acquire Intersect, a data center company, for $4.75 billion in cash and the assumption of debt. Alphabet said the acquisition will help bring more data center and ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with complex ceremonies such as burying their dead in ships. THE ANUNDSHÖG RUNE ...

Alphabet reported $3.10 EPS last quarter and crushed expectations of $2.33. Berkshire’s Alphabet bet follows trimming of its Apple position to maintain tech exposure. It sounds nuts, but SoFi is ...

Warren Buffett will be officially stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK-B) CEO in a little over a month. But until he's out of his seat, Buffett appears to be very willing to make big moves ...

Alphabet stock jumped after the company reported strong third-quarter earnings results and increased its capital expenditures for the year. CEO Sundar Pichai said the company had a $155 billion ...

Some 500 years before Columbus discovered the West Indies, a Viking warrior* or Norse tradesman, equipped with his sword, shield and ax, took ship with his companions, set sail westward across the ...