and for the Vikings what really counted was the longship. This month Norwegian archaeologists hope to complete their excavation of a rare, buried longship at Gjellestad, an ancient site south-east ...

The Vikings built fast ‘dragon-ships’ and ‘long ships’ for raiding and war. They also had slower passenger and cargo ships called ‘knorrs’. They built smaller boats too ...

The Vikings built fast ‘dragon-ships’ and ‘long ships’ for raiding and war. They also had slower passenger and cargo ships called ‘knorrs’. They built smaller boats too ...

A surprising and rare discovery has sparked intrigue among archaeologists and history enthusiasts alike. At a Viking ...

The most striking discovery was the biggest longship yet found ... foaming far and wide" wrote a medieval monk who watched a Viking fleet set sail. Above: Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, which ...

An archaeologist from over 150 years ago sent a message to the future, and it has just been uncovered during a more detailed dig.

Viking men from across Scandinavia were the first settlers of the Faroe Islands, geneticists reveal. The ancient Vikings ...

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Geneticists have studied the distribution of Y-chromosome haplogroups on the Faroe Islands, known to have been colonized by ...