The cruise portion of the tour includes visits to the historic temples of Luxor, Karnak, Esna, Dendera and Abu Simbel, as ...

OAK HARBOR, Wash. — After 13 years of craftsmanship and community effort, Valkyrie — a 60-foot, hand-built Viking ship — sailed through Deception Pass on its maiden voyage. Constructed from cedar and ...

The Viking boat burials were found buried beneath a medieval cellar and a well. They were found during an investigation of a plot of land outside of Uppsala, Sweden prior to construction of a new ...

On display are five real Viking ships, intentionally sunk in Roskilde Fjord around 1,000 years ago to form a defensive ...

Photos show the exposed burial. An aerial view of the 1,000-year-old Viking boat grave with the deceased buried in the center. Photo from the Arctic University Museum of Norway ...

Photographer Nic Antaya spent 7 days aboard the Viking Octantis on the Great Lakes Explorer cruise. These are Nic's favorite moments from that trip.

What it tells us about the past: More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved ...

The ship has a very solid and heavy mast attachment that lies midship and holds the mast in place. Its weight indicates a heavy-duty high mast that carried a sail of perhaps 1,000 square feet.

Photos show the exposed burial. An aerial view of the 1,000-year-old Viking boat grave with the deceased buried in the center. Photo from the Arctic University Museum of Norway ...