In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about Vikings. Were Vikings traders of goods or pirates of the high seas? What was their weaponry? How did their unique fighting style call "berserkergang" help with their conquests? Where did Vikings live? What were their religion and beliefs? What was the role of Viking women? Why were the Viking boats their greatest achievement? Why did Viking civilization decline, and where did all the Vikings...

An acclaimed bioarchaeologist traces the path of an ancient piece of jewelry found in a Viking grave in England back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, explaining that the Vikings' route may have been far more varied than previously known.

"Vikings are an enduring subject of fascination. The combination of adventure, mythology, violence, and exploration continues to grip our attention. As a result, for more than a millennium the Vikings have traveled far and wide, not least across the turbulent seas of our minds and imaginations. The geographical reach of the Norse was extraordinary. For centuries medieval sagas, first recorded in Iceland, claimed that Vikings reached North America...