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 ...
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 ...
The Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas.
Many enthusiasts appreciate the cats’ wild appearance and impressive build, features that harken back to their days aboard Viking ships and among Norse gods. While they may no longer hunt on ...
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 Norse explorer Erik the Red arrives in Greenland with a fleet of Viking ships, according to the medieval Icelandic sagas. The Norsemen established two settlements that had a peak population of ...
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 ...