If you’re into Viking history, you have probably heard of the infamous "Blood Eagle". No hardened warrior would cringe at the sight of blood, but this is so horrifying it almost sounds like fiction.

It literally turned victims inside out. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A brutal, ritualized method of torture and execution that ...

In each of the extant nine accounts, the victim is captured in battle and has an eagle of some sort carved into their back. Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In popular lore, few images are as ...

The Open Access publication of this study is funded by a University of Leicester Open Access grant. Heidi Fuller and Monte Gates do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

The History Channel series Vikings is a fictional account of legendary Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), who was born a farmer and became a Scandinavian king. Early in the series, a rival ...