The knarr drew on similar design principles ... discoveries of Viking ships at Gokstad and Oseberg, Norway, in 1880 and 1906, respectively, established the classic image of the dragon-headed ...

but evidence suggests that dragon heads and metal ship vanes (similar to weather vanes) adorned other Viking ships. A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this imagined scene ...

When you think of cruise ship design, you might imagine enormous crystal chandeliers, neon-lit casinos or showy waterslides. Yet, in a sea of extravagance and excess, Viking is charting its own ...

But at the same time, their unusual ship design makes it almost ... thick (almost paper thin). Some Viking longships were decorated to look like a dragon or a sea snake, with a vicious head ...

but evidence suggests that dragon heads and metal ship vanes (similar to weather vanes) adorned other Viking ships. A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this imagined scene ...