Mick Garrett, 43, from Cottage Grove, works with his shield at Asfolk Viking Martial Arts School in Eagan Friday, June 30. Students are taught how to fight like a Viking. Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press ...

Mick Garrett, 43, from Cottage Grove, works with his shield at Asfolk Viking Martial Arts School in Eagan on Friday, June 30, 2017. "I saw an ad about throwing axes.

Join us on an epic journey as we craft a real Viking round shield from scratch, combining the ancient arts of woodworking, blacksmithing, and leatherworking into one powerful creation. In this ...

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 ...

Artist Nancy Randall held a shield she created for an outdoor installation that accompanies her retrospective at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. The stoneware was produced at St ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish archaeologists say they have found a well-preserved Viking shield that is more than 1,000 years old. Archaeologist Kirsten Christensen says the wooden shield has a ...