It dated to around 874 A.D., which is about the time researchers believed that the Vikings settled in Iceland. Based on Icelandic lore, the early settlements were populations who escaped King ...

A new genetic study revealed distinct Viking origins for the Faroe Islands and Iceland, challenging previous assumptions about the uniformity of Norse settlements in the North Atlantic.

The Vikings were marauders, feared and loathed in Europe before they sailed west -- first to Iceland, then Greenland ... From that day the Viking settlement became a target and skirmishes between ...

The first permanent settlement of Iceland was made in 870 when a band of hardy Vikings, unwilling to bear the despotism of Harold of Norway, crossed over and established the settlement of Reykjavik.

Budding archaeologists, history lovers and Viking enthusiasts will love wandering around The Settlement Exhibition ... of Harpa and the National Museum of Iceland. A bus stop is also situated ...

Detailed maps of Viking settlements in Scotland, Ireland, England, Iceland and Normandy. National Museums and Galleries of Wales: Digging for Vikings - Find out about excavation work at ...

This is a land in which Norse sagas meet 21st-century lifestyle, and where modern architecture is inspired by the Viking Age. No matter your reason for visiting, Iceland offers visitors a vast ...

Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson, or Eiriksson) was the second of three sons of Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after he was exiled from Iceland. Leif Erikson's story ...