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 ...

relief, spoon, and bark carvings will be on display and for sale. Workshops about specialized carving techniques are being planned. Vendors who sell carving tools, books, patterns, and “blanks ...

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 ...