As the eighth century drew to a close, the first Viking kings ruled on the island of Karmøy nearly 100 years before Norway became a sovereign country. Now, archaeologists have discovered the burials ...

Geneva History Museum is holding a contest to name the dragon head and tail of the replica Viking ship showcased in "Viking's Voyage: A 19th Century Ship's Journey from Norway to Illinois," an exhibit ...

First, the Viking ship’s prow emerged: a serpent’s head curved into an intricately crafted swirl. The vessel approached an audience of workers in yellow safety vests at a speed of ten inches per ...

MOORHEAD — No doubt, Robert “Bob” Asp had his critics. That’ll never make it. “That” was a huge wooden Viking ship that Asp started building in the early 1970s with the eventual dream of sailing it to ...

The extremely fragile oak hull, encased in a heavy protective steel rig, began making the roughly hundred-yard journey on Tuesday. It was expected to take over 10 hours, with the ship lifted by a ...

A windswept mound on England’s Cumbrian coast may conceal one of the most sought-after Viking burials in Britain: the grave of Ivarr “the Boneless”, a feared 9th-century war leader linked to the Great ...

What do you do once you’ve finished building a Viking ship by hand? You take it out to sea, of course. That’s exactly what one North County man did and KPBS North County reporter Alexander Nguyen was ...

The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the longship. Michael Olesen, a director for the nonprofit Friends and chairman of ...

A Viking Mississippi River cruise from New Orleans to Memphis blends comfort with deep cultural discovery. Included shore ...

In conjunction with the opening this weekend of an exhibit at the Geneva History Museum featuring the dragon head and tail from a replica Viking ship created in the 19th century, museum officials have ...