A new study suggests that medieval stone discs found in Ukraine were likely used by Vikings as solar compasses to navigate ...

Modern replicas have achieved speeds of up to 14 ... Preserved to the present Famous discoveries of Viking ships at Gokstad and Oseberg, Norway, in 1880 and 1906, respectively, established the ...

These are the best replicas of the world's most famous ships around the world, including museums and floating hotels.

The Vikings traded far and wide - famously with Byzantium, now Istanbul. In 2008 a replica Viking ship - Sea Stallion - sailed from Denmark to Ireland It was a seafaring culture: they perfected ...

Police have given an update on the investigation into the death of a woman from America who died when a Viking ship replica capsized off Noway’s coast. The wooden replica, called Naddodd ...

Each year they prepare obsessively for Up Helly Aa, assembling, plank by plank, a replica of a Viking ship. Bristling with spears and swords, Viking and Slav reenactors face off in a mock battle ...

(WLUC) - A Michigamme resident took a Viking boat replica out on Michigamme Lake Sunday. Tim Eldridge spent a year and a half ...

To learn more about Viking ship building the museum has since built a replica of the small warship, known as Skuldelev 5, using Viking techniques. Following on from this success they are now ...

Here, a close look at the famous Oseburg Ship reveals the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Vikings. Out at sea, on a replica of a Viking boat, he learns how they used the sun to navigate their ...

The most striking discovery was the biggest longship yet found, 119 feet long, with room for at least 72 oars and a crew of 100. With its draft of only about three feet and a huge, 2,175-square ...