Preserved to the present Famous discoveries of Viking ships at Gokstad and Oseberg, Norway, in 1880 and 1906, respectively, established the classic image of the dragon-headed warship. Longships ...

This ancient tradition from the Scandinavian culture involved ships being used as a final resting place for the dead. There are only seven ship burials dating from the Viking Age (800-1050 ...

A legendary Viking warship has been reconstructed and has set off to retrace the ancient voyage to the Irish capital Dublin, originally a Viking settlement. Vikings once struck fear into the ...

The star exhibit is the surviving timbers of a 37-metre Viking warship, the largest in existence, on what is likely to be its only visit to the UK from Denmark where it was unearthed in 1997.