Etched into the rock is a crude depiction of a Viking vessel — perhaps the earliest illustration ever encountered on the island, Guðmundsson said. The stone carving, pictured here, depicts a ...

Put another way, Vikings were carving all kinds of images wherever they went. Other Viking Age graffiti includes geometrical patterns, runic graffiti with obscure text and even pornographic text ...

The unique Viking-era artefact features intricate patterns in the Mammen style, a decorative art tradition that was said to be quite prevalent in the Viking culture. The artefact is divided into ...

After all, they’d been working at this Viking-age settlement for five years. But a small animal carving surprised them all. Archaeologists returned to Seyðisfjörður to excavate the ruins of a ...