Like everyone else, I’ve come to see a Viking ship burn. As the lord’s squad ... Viking fortune seekers took to the world stage in the mid-eighth century, exploring much of Europe over the ...

Swift and deadly, the Vikings dominated the seas of northern Europe from the late eighth century to the ... an actual vessel—the ninth-century Gokstad ship. Sailors perched on movable storage ...

Archaeologists date both to the early eighth century, nearly 100 years before the Viking Age officially dawned. The period is not exactly known for epic sea passages, much less sailing ships.

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation ... suggests it was made in Northumbria sometime in the eighth century. How did these Anglo-Saxon goods end up in her grave?

Despite that, it was also "quite globalized," he says, with ships and traders sourcing goods from far and wide. The Viking age commonly spans the 8th century to the 11th century. Raiding clearly ...