From their mastery of the seas to their influence over lands as far from home as Russia and North America, the Scandinavian raiders known as the Vikings shaped the world for centuries. Swift and ...

From the eighth to 11th centuries, as Norsemen from Scandinavia conducted ... how Norse scholars today view the Vinland Map, and more. NOVA: What did the Vikings actually do in their attacks ...

This highlights that there were people with Scandinavian ancestry in Britain earlier than the Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods which started in the 5th century AD. Germanic-speaking people move north ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. The recent sensational discoveries of Viking ship graves ... check the Swedish Rune Map, which contains photographs and ...

NEIL OLIVER:'When I started investigating the Vikings, I didn't think I'd have to travel, 1,500 miles south of Scandinavia. But here I am, in an ancient city that links Europe to Asia. Istanbul.

The Vikings were Norse people who came from an area called Scandinavia. You might know it better asNorway, Sweden and Denmark. The word Viking means ‘a pirate raid’, which is a fitting name as ...