The Oseberg ship is one of the three ships that play a starring role in Oslo's Viking Ship Museum. One of Norway's most popular museums closes its doors today to begin a major refurbishment and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Denmark say a sunken Viking ship near Copenhagen is the largest boat of its kind ever discovered—and that’s saying something. At nearly 92 feet long, the 600-year-old vessel is also ...

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 ...

Archaeologists find largest-ever Viking ‘super ship’ longer than two school buses - Archaeologists say ship was built with timber from modern-day Poland and Netherlands ...

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 ...