In the heat of their raging forge, the team from the UK's National School of Blacksmithing is helping to rebuild the "Skudelev 5," whose remnants are on display in nearby Roskilde's Viking Ship ...

Blacksmiths were the high technologists of fabrication up until the industrial revolution gained momentum. At its core, this is the art and science of making any needed tool or mechanism out of ...

From the eighth to 11th centuries, as Norsemen from Scandinavia conducted raids into Europe and elsewhere, they became known as Vikings—named after a place called viken in the Oslo fjord.

As well as being famous for raiding and fighting, the Vikings were also excellent traders. The Vikings were expert sailors and they used these skills to travel far and wide. They crossed seas and ...

Watch highlights from the Week 9 matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and the Minnesota Vikings during the 2024 NFL season. Minnesota Vikings linebacker Jonathan Greenard twirls Indianapolis ...

What were Viking villages like? The Vikings and their families mostly lived in small villages that were near the coast. Despite their reputation as brave warriors and terrifying raiders ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Joe Avella: Believe it or not, there's a blacksmith in Hollywood who specializes in making real swords for films and TV. Yes, actual swords, for stars and ...

Blacksmith Neil Kamimura rates nine forging scenes from movies and television for realism. He discusses the accuracy of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003), "Game of Thrones ...

The Viking Age in Scotland reviews two decades of research that have taken place since the last archaeological survey of the Vikings in Scotland, published in 1998. Advances in scientific analysis ...

Sanmark, Alexandra and McLeod, Shane 2024. Norse Navigation in the Northern Isles. Journal of the North Atlantic, Vol. 2024, Issue. 44, The Viking Age, from c.750 to 1050 CE, was an era of major ...

A third season of Vikings: Valhalla is planned by Netflix, but we've not heard much about it recently. That's a shame as it's one of our favourite shows - and that includes the previous Vikings ...