Here he offers his insights into what drove the Vikings on their global explorations, how Norse scholars today view the Vinland Map, and more. NOVA: What did the Vikings actually do in their ...

Over 1,000 years ago, when the Vikings sailed to Vinland, now known as Newfoundland, multiple women were among the group, including Freydís Eiríksdóttir. During the expedition, she cemented ...

"Vinland Saga" brings the era of the Vikings to the realm of anime. The titular "Vinland" is the name that Viking explorer Leif Erikson gave to North America after reaching its shores, and in the ...

Vinland Saga fans take the next step in proving their devotion to the anime series and ink their beloved characters onto ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...

Vinland was an area of coastal North America explored and briefly settled by Vikings around 1000 CE, nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus 'discovered' the Americas. In Assassin's Creed ...

He called the new country Vinland because it had grape vines. In this area of Canada, in a place called evidence L'Anse aux Meadows, archaeologists have discovered evidence of a Viking settlement ...