What it tells us about the past: This cast silver figurine of a Valkyrie — a mythological maiden who assists Odin, the Norse ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders ... achieved speeds of up to 14 knots. In marked contrast to ...

She wears a V-neck dress that ends with a pleated skirt, and a pattern of intricate knots runs around the back ... These assistants to the Norse god of war then accompanied the dead warriors ...