The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

In the riverside town of Vidin in Bulgaria, I was briefly king of the castle. I had the medieval citadel to myself. Looming ...

There are an estimated 3 million undiscovered shipwrecks lining the sea floor. In June 2025, divers discovered a ...

New England Patriots QB Drake Maye has turned in one of the best performances over the first half of the 2025 NFL season.

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous ...

What drives a wealthy Danish-Norwegian general to delve into ship's logs and become almost obsessed with understanding ocean ...

Exploring the Scandinavian seas aboard the Norwegian Prima. A new way to travel and explore everything this region has to ...

Kirk Herbstreit is typically an astute analyst. However, he probably would like to take back his comments about Carson Wentz ...

Viking Cruises marks a historic milestone in Basel, launching its 100th ship. Learn about the new fleet and its 'adults-only, ...

According to some Royal Caribbean passengers posting on social media recently, the extent of chair hogging on some sailings ...

Tuesday's event, which included the unveiling of Viking's 100th ship (Viking Honir), was just the latest milestone in what has been an extraordinary period of growth for the 28-year-old company.

The Oseberg longship – considered one of the most important historical discoveries of the Viking age — voyaged to its final destination last month. But the journey it took to get there was complicated ...