The Vikings

The How We Know About series explores past civilizations with an emphasis on archaeological record. In The Vikings, each double-page spread looks at an important part of the Vikings' way of life and illustrates key evidence - artifacts, arts, crafts and written sources - that enables us to reconstruct and understand their ships, buildings, clothes, jewelry, and everyday life:

•Watch a sleek dragon ship raiding deep into foreign lands.

•Visit a bustling Viking longhouse and a master smith's workshop.

•Learn how the Vikings landed in North America 400 years before Columbus.

•Witness the last battle of a fierce Viking chieftain.