Researchers at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, in Stockholm, hope to get funds to excavate a 15th-century shipwreck from the waters ...

A drainage ditch near the grave also contributed to the rapid decay of the wooden vessel, and if the excavation yielded enough of the Viking ship, it would be put on display.

By contrast, traditional Nordic ships, such as Viking longships, were built in the "clinker" style ... The new analysis also showed that the trees used for the wood in Vrak 5 had been felled in Sweden ...

The ground-penetrating radar indicates that the region holds a Viking ship burial ... researchers only found arrowheads and ...

Sleek wooden vessels like the Gokstad ship were key to the success of Viking traders and raiders. Unearthed in 1880 from a burial, the ninth-century ship was powered by sail and 32 oarsmen.

Countless sailing experiments with replica ships continue to confirm the excellence of Viking ship design ... Some have viewed a fragment of a small wooden disk found in a Greenland monastery ...

The science can also reveal the origin of old pieces of wood. In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland.

The planks of wood from these ships were preserved and eventually reconstructed in the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. To learn more about Viking ship building the museum has since built a replica of ...

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

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

Some chieftains wore mail coats, made of thousands of metal rings but most relied on a round wooden shield ... In AD892, over 300 Viking ships invaded Britain to fight King Alfred of ...

Each Viking Ocean Cruise fare covers one complimentary ... scenic cruise on Ha Long Bay in Vietnam on a Junk, a traditional wooden boat found on the waterways in Vietnam and China.