From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. In 1992 Mark ...

Aboard these ships, northern lords and their restless ... participants meet fellow enthusiasts and share their knowledge of ancient Viking culture. Photographs by David Guttenfelder Along the ...

The northernmost settlement in the UK celebrated “Up Helly Aa”, an annual fire festival with ancient origins. Last night, a thousand people, dressed as Vikings, marched through the town holding ...

Macramé window coverings evoke ship riggings, while wood panelling nods to the clinker-built style of early Viking vessels ... your day riding camelback to ancient Egyptian pyramids, wandering ...

Viking-inspired fire festival of Up Helly Aa, described by organizers as “a northern Mardi Gras,” was held in the town of Lerwick in Scotland’s Shetland Islands on Tuesday8.The festival involves a ...

Dendrochronologists showed that an ancient wooden road uncovered in southwestern ... In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned ...