Vikings

Study shows how Viking age left mark on genetics of Scandinavians

January 06, 2023 4:49 pm

The findings provided insight into migration patterns and gene flow during the Viking age, when Norsemen journeyed from Scandinavia aboard timber longships, staged raids and monastic plundering across a wide region and even reached North America.

Millennium-old Viking ships shored up for Oslo move

November 17, 2022 2:02 pm

While the ships will be lifted in their protective metal casing, the sleighs are being moved on a rail track, centimetre by centimetre, to a chamber for their safety. It took 17 hours to move the first sleigh 70 metres (230 feet).

The Last Kingdom: A satisfying, action-packed historical drama that Game of Thrones fans would love

March 03, 2022 8:12 am

BBC's The Last Kingdom, based on British historical fiction author Bernard Cornwell's book series The Saxon Stories, is not specifically about Vikings, but it manages to get across some sense of the utterly alien mindset of these people like few other stories do.

Goodbye, Columbus: Vikings crossed the Atlantic 1,000 years ago

October 21, 2021 12:45 pm

The length of the occupation remains unclear, though it may have been a decade or less, and perhaps 100 Norse people were present at any given time, the study author said.

Vikings to end after season 6

January 05, 2019 3:34 pm

Written and created by Michael Hirst for the History channel, the historical drama television series Vikings was filmed in Ireland and was first premiered in March 2013. The show will conclude after the sixth season.

In Sweden, eight-year-old girl pulls pre-viking sword from lake

October 07, 2018 1:22 pm

It was exceptionally well-preserved and included a cover made from leather and wood, the Jonkoping county museum said in a statement posted this week.

Before binging on The Crown Season 2, watch these TV shows

December 07, 2017 8:20 pm

Mind you, these shows may be very different since the socio-economic milieu and lifestyle of modern royals are very different from those from the medieval era. But all these shows are worth watching.

Yes or no, the Vikings want their own way

March 25, 2014 5:22 am

The island of Shetland sees the Scotland referendum as their chance to drive a hard bargain.

Portsmouth: Centuries of naval history

April 29, 2010 9:13 am