A whopping 100 oarsmen can row it and the ship comes with 25 oars. It’s construction was inspired by boats found through archeological digs, Norse legends, visual and foreign accounts of Viking ...

Viking Vela makes its maiden voyage in December 2024. Stretching 784 feet long and carrying 998 passengers (at double occupancy), Vela is slightly larger than its sister ships, which almost all ...

The Vikings were one of the most dominant forces in Western Europe from the 9th until the 11th centuries. They were able to ...

The science can also reveal the origin of old pieces of wood. In one case, archeologists determined not only the age of a Viking ship found in Denmark, they also learned that it was built in Ireland.