Join us on an epic journey as we craft a real Viking round shield from scratch, combining the ancient arts of woodworking, blacksmithing, and leatherworking into one powerful creation. In this ...

Archaeologist Kirsten Christensen says the wooden shield has a diameter of 32 inches. It was found Tuesday during excavations near Viking-age castles, some 60 miles west of Copenhagen.

A wealthy Viking would most likely carry a spear, wooden shield, battle axe or a sword, depending on their social class. Only a few real Viking shields have survived from the Viking Age, which has ...

Another piece of decorated wood which archaeologists think was going to be made into a shield was found in Denmark. This was decorated with an interlace pattern and dark blue, grey-green, white ...

Viking Hersir, 793-1066 AD by M Harrison (Osprey, 1993) The Viking Art of War by P Griffith (Greenhill Books, 1995) Viking Weapons and Warfare by JK Siddom (Tempus, 2000) Links Nova Online: The ...

A whistle cut sharply through the misty morning, signaling to the eight oars to move as one as the Viking ship Valkyrie ...