They were commonly thought to have been from ships dating to the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066). "It's a large ship, likely about 35 metres [115 feet] long and 10 metres [33 feet] wide," he said. "The ...

The site features three large ship-shaped stone settings and a ship ... international trade networks and highlights the extent of Viking expeditions, which extended far beyond Scandinavia.

Aboard these ships, northern lords and their restless ... Excavations revealed three large Viking halls, some huts, a furnace for processing bog iron, and butternuts from a type of tree that ...

Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100, was the age of the sleek, speedy longship. Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in ...

Viking has more cruise ships sailing on rivers in Europe than any other cruise line. They are adding seven new Longships to ...

Viking® ( has announced it has taken delivery of the Viking Nerthus, the company’s newest Viking Longship®. The delivery took ...

The ship isn’t lonely down there. Some five wrecks have been discovered in Landfjärden. When discovered, they were thought to be Viking ships, but their exact date and type have been uncertain. “ ...

Viking Cruises' unique ship designs, being small and almost identical, set the company apart and serve as an important value ...

an enormous Viking Age cemetery with more than 100 graves and several ship-shaped mounds. As soon as excavations began, "we realized that there was a large Viking burial ground that we had to ...

Viking has taken delivery of its newest river ship, the Viking Nerthus, at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in ...