The ship was off by around 300 miles and brought Naddoður to Viking Iceland. Iceland was not Iceland in the ninth century. It was the largest uninhabited island on earth (except for the presence ...

An investigation into Viking skeletons reveals a hidden story of violence, power, and the surprising differences between ...

(Archaeologists have found arrowheads with the remains of buried Norse explorers.) After sailing to Greenland and then Norway, Thorfinn and his family settled in Iceland, Thorfinn’s childhood home.

Skagafjörður may look stunning and serene, but sagas tell us this was the location of a brutal battle between warring Viking families that would herald the beginning of the end for Iceland's ...

5. The Vikings’ travels were recorded in sagas. These stories, written by Christians mostly from Iceland, were a blend of history and mythology. The two main sources on the Norse exploration of ...

He shared photos from the trip on Instagram on Saturday. In Iceland, they wore Viking outfits, hiked across snowy glaciers, explored ice caves and soaked in the blue lagoon. They also snowmobiled ...

Viking Longhouse, Iceland(Photo by Lauren Breedlove) Reykjavik: The capital is the most-visited city in Iceland, as it is central for airport arrivals, and has a big bulk of the must-see attractions ...

Danish Vikings moved to England, Swedish Vikings infiltrated the Baltic; Norwegians moved to Ireland, Iceland and Greenland. Even more surprising was that some of these Vikings weren't even ...