From their mastery of the seas to their influence over lands as far from home as Russia and North America, the Scandinavian raiders known as the Vikings shaped the world for centuries. Swift and ...

From the eighth to 11th centuries, as Norsemen from Scandinavia conducted raids into Europe and elsewhere, they became known as Vikings—named after a place called viken in the Oslo fjord.

The Vikings built fast ‘dragon-ships’ and ‘long ships’ for raiding and war. They also had slower passenger and cargo ships called ‘knorrs’. They built smaller boats too ...

Why did the Vikings go to war? Fighting was very important for the Vikings. They attacked and raided settlements to find treasure and slaves. They fought wars as a way of taking control of more land.

Your support makes all the difference. Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered a mysterious Viking Age burial ground with graves shaped like stone ships. As many as 139 of these graves have been ...

Star Wars star Daisy Ridley, visiting Minnesota for the Twin Cities Film Fest, attended the Vikings game Sunday. Fans spotted ...

The return date for The Viking Raiders and a potential name change ... Erik and Ivar will be returning with the War Raiders name and will be facing Alpha Academy next week in a tournament to ...

The European Union has supplied Ukraine with more than 980,000 shells for the war with Russia and plans to pass the 1 million mark by the end of this year, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell ...

Former Florida State star defensive end Jared Verse has never been shy when speaking his mind and makes it a point to talk trash to opposing offenses, taking pride in getting into other teams' heads.

This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: Vikings WR Justin Jefferson makes an appearance on "Snack Wars" ...

At the Minnesota Vikings’ recent loss to the Detroit Lions, Star Wars star Daisy Ridley teamed with Viktor the Viking. They both appeared in a video together doing the iconic skol chant.