the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed evenly spaced floor timbers to the ...

Numerous Norse heritage preservation organizations have built authentic replicas of Viking ships. Embarking on a journey aboard these vessels offers a unique glimpse into the advanced maritime ...

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

In 1005, he assembled the most ambitious Viking expedition yet - three ships packed with 160 settlers, livestock, and enough ...

Aboard these ships, northern lords and their restless ... as their exploration of the New World. According to the Norse sagas, Viking mariners sailed westward from Greenland in four major ...

According to Norse mythology, the god Freyr owned a ship ... rather than cutting through it, like Viking ships and modern ships. Other European ships also tended to be tall, with superstructures ...

Those ships were found on the western side of the ... as well as Norse words and names. The Norse Vikings ventured to Iceland and some then settled in Greenland and Vinland in North America ...

The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse'. It means ‘a pirate raid’. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'. But not all the Vikings were ...

The name 'Viking' comes from a language called 'Old Norse'. It means ‘a pirate raid’. People who went off raiding in ships were said to be 'going Viking'. But not all the Vikings were ...

Think you've got what it takes to be Jarl of a Viking village? Viking Dynasty, latest in the Dynasty series, is your chance to prove it.