Indeed, the Viking Age, from A.D. 800-1100, was the age of the sleek, speedy longship. Without this crucial advance in ship technology, the Vikings would never have become a dominant force in ...

How exactly were Viking ships designed, how were they different ... or star charts known in other parts of the world. If the sagas are to be believed, Leif Erikson was told how to reach North ...

Viking has taken delivery of its newest river ship, the Viking Nerthus, at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany. The 168-guest Viking Longship will join the company’s fleet on ...

The most striking discovery was the biggest longship yet found, 119 feet long, with room for at least 72 oars and a crew of 100. With its draft of only about three feet and a huge, 2,175-square ...