The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the ...

Off the southern coast of Sweden sat the ever-shrinking remains of a once-grand ship. Theories about the wreckage had swirled ...

In Sweden, researchers are studying the remains ... Photograph by ROBERT CLARK-PHOTOGRAPHED AT VIKING SHIP MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Around 750 a band of early Viking ...

Of the more than 1,000 arm rings in the Swedish History Museum’s collection, only three are made of iron. This doesn’t mean that iron jewelry was uncommon during the Viking Age. Iron accessories may ...

Similar Viking armbands have been found before, but these items are typically made of bronze or silver. Sweden’s National Historical Museum has over 1,000 armbands, yet only three are made of ...

Viking traders carried a set of folding scales which they used to weigh coins to make sure they got a fair deal. The Oseberg ship was found in 1904 and is now in a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Of the more than 1,000 arm rings in the Swedish History Museum’s collection, only three are made of iron. This doesn’t mean that iron jewelry was uncommon during the Viking Age. Iron ...