LONDON (Reuters) - The Viking exhibition opening on Thursday at the British Museum has axes, swords, helmets, dragon figureheads and, as its centrepiece, a 37-metre-long (121-feet) Viking warship that ...

The Vikings are renowned as bloodthirsty warriors, but a new exhibition at the British Museum aims to show the cultural achievements and trading skills that spread their influence far and wide.

The British Museum had to close some of its doors to visitors Friday, after a former employee allegedly succeeded in shutting down elements of its IT system. The BBC reports that the museum’s ...

IN days of yore, Vikings were fearsome warriors with horns jutting from their helmets. We know this because we've seen it in the movies, on the opera stage or in Hagär the Horrible comic strips. Yet ...

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