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

The replica was fully restored for 2020 as part ... Formerly known as the Viking Ship Museum, the highly anticipated Museum of the Viking Age will be home to three fabulously fascinating ships ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...