Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in Iceland have unearthed the country's oldest known drawing: a scratched-out piece of "Viking graffiti" that looks like a partly drawn boat. The researchers ...

With Livorno's historic Fortezza Vecchia fortress serving as a backdrop, the ship's godmother, retired NASA astronaut Anna Fisher, used a Viking axe to slice a large red ribbon that triggered the ...

drawing in the ruthless Kings of other Scandinavian countries, and even a powerful English ruler, the stage is set for a ...

Antiquity Publications Ltd./drawing by Tancredi Valeri In 1878, archaeologists excavating the Viking town of Birka ... the tomb—specifically, a sword, axe, fighting knife, lances, shields ...

THE Viking ‘berserker’ warrior has long been considered a myth — but the discovery of an enormous battle-axe at a burial site in Denmark suggests otherwise. Like the iconic horns on their ...

People enjoy the sheer act of axe throwing, they say. “I think people enjoy the primal feeling of throwing a sharp blade at a wall of wood. It brings out their inner Viking or lumberjack ...