A lost Viking waterway that ran across Orkney and connected the North Atlantic and Scapa Flow 1,000 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists. The canal-like network would have provided a shallow water routeway through which the Norse/Vikings were able to haul both their boats and heavy goods, such as grain. Similar navigable waterways are … Read more
Filming of Nicole Kidman’s Viking drama The Northman is back on track as construction resumes on wooden village in Northern Ireland… after COVID-19 pandemic forced delays By Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 19:28 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 19:28 BST, 17 July 2020 Nicole Kidman‘s upcoming Viking drama The Northman is back on track … Read more
Viking re-enactor nearly kills partner when he stabs her with sword while practising his moves outside their caravan A Viking re-enactor nearly killed a woman when he stabbed her with a sword The part-time Viking was practising his moves in Benover, near Maidstone, Kent The unnamed woman had a life-threatening injury and needed emergency care She … Read more
Almost 200 migrants rescued by a humanitarian aid boat in the Mediterranean Sea began to leave the vessel in Sicily late on Monday after nine days stuck on the ship which saw some attempt suicide and others threaten the crew. A journalist aboard the Ocean Viking watched as the migrants, in single file and carrying … Read more
Ancient Viking settlement found in Iceland dates back to 800 AD and challenges records of the first colonists who arrived nearly 75 years later Two Viking longhouses were unearthed in an eastern region of Iceland The oldest was built in 800 and was used as a seasonal hunting camp The younger one was created some … Read more
A Viking ship buried in Norway for more than 1,000 years is set to be excavated — the first project of its kind in more than a century. The undertaking is being called ‘urgent’ by archaeologists as the ship’s wooden hull, believed to be made of oak, is being ravaged by a fungus. It is … Read more
Melting glaciers in Norway have revealed ancient artefacts dropped by the side of a road more than 1,000 years ago. Clothes, tools, equipment and animal bone have been found by a team at a lost mountain pass at Lendbreen in Norway’s mountainous region. A haul of more than 100 artefacts at the site includes horseshoes, … Read more