The Vikings gave shape to the hull using this ... on the grounds of the very museum being built to house other Viking boats. The modern phase of Viking ship investigation began with the recovery ...

NOVA: What did the Vikings actually do in their attacks into ... who grouped together followers and had one or maybe several boats. Occasionally, as in some of the invasions of Normandy, they ...

Once smelted, the iron produced would later be used for a key component of the Vikings’ maritime supremacy: the nails that held together their swiftly moving boats. The excavations undertaken at ...

An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between ...

NEIL OLIVER:'The Vikings came from Scandinavia, where there are many mountains. Crossing those mountains was difficult, so the easiest way to travel was by boat, through the steep, sea-flooded ...

The team is putting the finishing touches on the boat - which would have been used by Vikings to explore rivers - and it will be put on the water when weather conditions improve later this year.

But not all Viking boats and ships were meant for sailing across the open ocean. Some Vikings used their vessels to sail up the mighty rivers in Russia and beyond. This would take them to the ...

Roughly 1,000 years ago, the story goes, a Viking trader and adventurer named Thorfinn Karlsefni set off from the west coast of Greenland with three ships and a band of Norse to explore a newly ...