The event culminated in the burning of an imitation Viking galley in Lerwick harbour amid spectacular scenes. Earlier, the “Vikings” gathered in daylight to pose for photos.

It'll be executive produced, additionally, by Steve Stark via his Toluca Pictures banner ... fantastic world of the Norse Sagas and the men, women and gods of the Viking world who have come ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in ... sagas tell how the 10th-century Viking sailor Leif Eriksson stumbled ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

Though the Vikings established a strong foothold in the British Isles, the Norse languages didn’t come to dominate. Though few words were adopted into standard English, there are still words used ...

games and drawings reveal that the Norse were farmers, fishermen and craftsmen as well as raiders. Students could be given pictures of each of the items shown in the clip as well as some ...

The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called Scandinavia. You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as ...

Much less is known about Viking navigation methods on the high seas, although one of the Icelandic sagas—narratives of Norse history and legends written in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries ...