Vikings: Legends at Sea

Green Beret Terry Schappert reveals why the Vikings were called the "Hell's Angels of the Middle Ages" and tests the weapons and tactics they used to pillage Europe.

"Vikings" actor Clive Standen and top Viking experts travel across Europe to discover why Viking raids on that continent were so devastating - and so successful.

Dublin, Ireland is much more than a city of pubs and pints. Pagan burial tombs, subterranean defense tunnels, and mysterious burial crypts line the underground below the rolling hills.

"Vikings" creator Michael Hirst, actor Clive Standen, and a host of experts seek insight into the real lives of Ragnar Lothbrok and his famous sons, Bjorn Ironside and Ivar the Boneless.

Follow a team of historical detectives as they examine the Western European locations that were raided and plundered by fearsome Viking warriors in the 8th century.

"Vikings" actors Clive Standen and Maude Hirst travel to Scandinavia to explore the pagan beliefs and warrior culture of the Vikings and dispel myths about their violent society.

"Vikings" cast members Katheryn Winnick and Alyssa Sutherland join leading experts in an examination of the different roles women played within Norse society.

Adorned with dragonheads and filled with some of the fiercest men on earth, Viking ships inspired dread throughout the Dark Ages. Get an on-board view of these ingenious raider craft.

Search for evidence that Norsemen discovered the New World 500 years before Christopher Columbus, trace the explorations of Leif Ericson, and examine clues about the Vikings' travels.