For three turbulent centuries, the glimpse of a square sail and dragon-headed prow on the horizon struck terror into the hearts of medieval Europeans. Indeed, the ...

Countless sailing experiments with replica ships continue to ... While similar modern devices do work successfully (as seen in the NOVA program "The Vikings"), many have questioned if the ...

voyaging northwards in Norwegian fembøring and fyring boats to figure out for themselves how the Vikings might have made the ...

Vikings may have moved ships - similar to this replica of a vessel found in a Viking burial ground in Norway - across land in the west of Scotland Archaeologists are investigating the possibility ...

"It’s hard to keep excitement from turning into fear when you see those waves casually tossing around huge modern boats ... that the 10m-long boat had been on previous Viking voyages before ...