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GOVERNMENT U-TURN SAVES NEW VIKING AGE MUSEUM, WILL IT BE?

Norway's Viking ships can finally look forward to an improved home following the government's change of heart on funding...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND VIKING AGE SHIPYARD IN SWEDEN

Archaeologists excavating at Birka on the island of Björkö, Sweden, have discovered a Viking Age shipyard....

OSLO’S FAMOUS VIKING SHIPS AT RISK AS DEMANDS BUDGET CUTS

Ten years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum needed a new home...

A NEW VIKING SHIP WAS DISCOVERED IN NORWAY

The survey has now revealed a boat grave in addition to several burial mounds. The boat measures between 8 to 9 metres and was placed in....

NORTHAMPTON DEBUT FOR VIKING EXHIBITION WITH REPLICA LONGBOAT

Valhalla at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery will explore Viking attitudes to life and death through 1,000-year-old artefacts...

UNESCO LISTS VIKING-ERA WOODEN SAILBOATS ON HERITAGE LIST

In December, the UN’s culture agency added Nordic “clinker boats” to its list of traditions that represent the Intangible Cultural Herita...

THE VIKING LONGSHIP: AN ENGINEERING MARVEL OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

The favored war ships of Norsemen were fast and adaptable to various conditions....

VIKING BOOKS