The world of early medieval Europe is sometimes hard to grasp for 21st-century Americans. The fog of the “dark ages” still lingers, casting the period as a fundamentally unknowable time, a ...

A new history of the Vikings captures the humanity of a brutal world. In “Embers of the Hands,” historian Eleanor Barraclough digs deep into the ways that the Vikings loved, traveled and even ...

Viking is debuting four new world cruises for 2026 and 2027. Travelers who book one of the new itineraries can enjoy special savings and perks, including free business class flights, transfers, $4,000 ...

All that is true enough, writes Eleanor Barraclough in “Embers of the Hands,” her survey of Norse life outside the longboat. Even so, she continues, “The ‘Age Roughly From 750-1100 C.E.

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Unless Magnus can find an ancient sword lost by his father thousands of years ago, the entire world is at risk of succumbing to doomsday. Buy now £8.27 , Amazon The Valkyrie by Kate Heartfield ...

An artist recreates what a Viking woman warrior from Birka may have looked like in battle. For 140 years, archaeologists concluded a grave in the small town was for male warrior, but new evidence ...

On the Grand European Tour—Viking’s most iconic itinerary—you’ll traverse the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers, touring windmills at Kinderdijk in Holland, exploring medieval German towns ...

Before the Viking Age, most people in Ireland and Europe lived in self-sufficient worlds where towns were uncommon. But Dublin changed that. By the 10th century, the city's remarkable trading ...

During the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066), Viking raided, explored and traded from what is now Canada to the Middle East. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...