Five sites steeped in history that bring us closer to the Vikings. A journey to the Jelling rune stones that brings us to the birth of Denmark and the first leader of these fierce Scandinavian ...

Picture the stereotypical Viking - tall, bearded, adorned with a horned helmet, and most likely… male. However, a new exhibit at Denmark’s National Museum is shedding light on the history of the Völva ...

Viking-shaped lights now direct pedestrians in a small town in northern Germany, following a local initiative to mark the town's history. The Viking pedestrian crossings in Haddeby help people to ...

A clinker-boat master craftsman and his apprentice work on a vessel destined for Faroese waters at the Viking Museum Roskilde near Copenhagen, Denmark on June 10, 2024. (Lasse Sørensen/Courthouse News ...

Geneva History Museum is holding a contest to name the dragon head and tail of the replica Viking ship showcased in "Viking's Voyage: A 19th Century Ship's Journey from Norway to Illinois," an exhibit ...

The Vikings were certainly world travelers: From home bases in Scandinavia they made their way as far west as North America, as far south as North Africa, and as far east as Russia and the Middle East ...

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...

OSLO (Reuters) - Viking longships ruled the seas 1,000 years ago and even crossed the Atlantic and now three of them may face a new perilous trip -- albeit just 6 km (4 miles) across Oslo. Oslo ...

OSLO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - At Oslo's Viking Ship museum, a team of engineers has begun work to ensure a new home being built nextdoor does not prove fatal for three vessels that have survived for a ...

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...