The confusing names of Iceland and Greenland date back to Viking times. This centuries-old naming strategy reveals clever ...

Viking is frequently called "The Thinking Man's Cruise," and as you sail in and around Iceland, and discover ...

This article is more than 4 years old. The Sun Voyager is a Viking ship inspired sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason in Reykjavík, Iceland. Getty The Viking connection is big business for Iceland.

Also on display are rare ancient manuscripts relating to Iceland's history. At Viking World, visitors can enter an exact replica of a Viking ship, which sailed across the Atlantic in 2000. Reykjavik.

Powerful male Vikings living in Iceland about 1,000 years ago were buried with their powerful male horses, which were sacrificed either through beheading or a blow to the forehead, scientists have ...

Newsweek Magazine Iceland's Viking Past Has Put It at the Forefront of Cancer Research Jul 18, 2015 at 11:22 AM EDT ...

An extremely rare Viking ‘Thor’s Hammer’ amulet has been discovered in Iceland. In a Facebook post, archaeologists explained that the sandstone amulet was found at a site in Þjórsárdalur ...

The oldest of the two Viking longhouses at Stöð dates from around A.D. 800, several decades before the commonly accepted date of the settlement of Iceland in A.D. 874. (Credit: Bjarni Einarsson) ...

Vikings in Iceland often used their family as a deterrent to keep others from murdering them. When an individual was murdered, it was the family's responsibility to seek a revenge murder, meaning ...

An Icelandic dreamer gets his Viking on Director Baltasar Kormakur, left, and Mark Wahlberg, who worked together in “2 Guns” and “Contraband.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) ...

Vikings killed off Iceland’s walruses Ancient DNA says the extinct Icelandic walruses were a genetically distinct population. Kiona N. Smith – Nov 4, 2019 6:24 AM | 42 ...