Photograph by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT VIKING SHIP MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Around 750 a band of early Viking warriors dragged two ships onto a sandy headland on ...

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100, was the age of the sleek, speedy longship. Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in ...

Here’s what the naming ceremony of the ships is like Have you ever stood in the shadow of history, feeling like an extra in a movie about ancient secrets and grand adventures? That’s exactly ...

Children could use this resource as a starting point for their own research into the features of the different types of Viking ships and boats. This clip is suitable for teaching History at KS2 ...

Another small ship has been impacted by a gastrointestinal illness outbreak, the fourth one reported so far this year.

As Vikings, we know the strength of rowing together toward a common goal. But imagine a Viking ship in which some rowers are ...

To learn more about Viking ship building the museum has since built ... laird's house known as Tankerness House. Displays tell the history of the islands over the past 5,000 years with exhibits ...

Come nighttime, the ship's theater offers live performances ranging from themed shows to history and art lectures. Viking Orion sails to Australia and New Zealand, Asia and Canada. US News Insider ...

The recent sensational discoveries of Viking ship graves in Norway have captured global headlines, highlighting the rich history of the Viking Age in Scandinavia. Yet, just across the border in ...

Countless sailing experiments with replica ships continue to confirm the excellence of Viking ship design ... Icelandic sagas—narratives of Norse history and legends written in Iceland in ...