Three high-status women, though perhaps not Scandinavians themselves, were, or perhaps were not, interred there.

Preserved to the present Famous discoveries of Viking ships at Gokstad and Oseberg ... particularly in the sturdiness of the mast supports. Not surprisingly, this era, during which the Norse ...

The mast could be raised within minutes to take ... and metal ship vanes (similar to weather vanes) adorned other Viking ships. A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this ...

Growing frustration with passengers as Viking Ocean’s newest ship remains docked with weather and technical issues to blame.

On a rocky island off the coast of Norway, metal detectorists stumbled on some ancient jewelry and led archaeologists to a ...

The Skuldelev ships were clinker built - with planks which overlap one another - a characteristic of Viking shipbuilding. They all had a single mast, and double-ended hulls with curved stems.

The Viking Vela cruise ship is dealing with technical issues following severe weather. The cruise itinerary has been impacted ...

Along with her ship, the Viking was also buried with multiple tools ... a “vulva stone” arranged in place of the stone ship’s mast. “That the stone resembles [genitalia] is no coincidence.

The stone suggested the woman “was to her family and household what the mast is for a ship.” A bronze key found in a Viking grave in Skumsnes. Photo from University Museum of Bergen Buried in ...