Join us on an epic journey as we craft a real Viking round shield from scratch, combining the ancient arts of woodworking, ...

But I'm also sick of each one making the same exact mistake by sidelining the best part of real-world Viking history: the absolute badassery of their warrior women (AKA shieldmaidens). The fact ...

The shields will become permanent displays on the sides of the famous 130-year-old Viking, a replica ship sailed from Norway to the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.

Building Viking shields is not the thing most teens spend their time on, but for one Aurora high school student the work was a perfect fit. For his Eagle Scout project, West Aurora High School seni… ...

Well, most of the time, anyway. Special attention was paid to proper Viking seamanship (“We all had to go through boat camp”), and to realistic Viking brawls. “It helps that there’s real danger to ...