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Norse seafarers, merchants and raiders
Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. They voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland. In their countries of origin, and in some of the countries they raided and settled, this period of activity is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a whole during the late 8th to the mid-11th centuries.
More on Wikipedia ↗Viking Sekhmet will operate Viking’s popular 12-day “Pharaohs & Pyramids” itinerary.
Viking has taken delivery of its newest river cruise ship, Viking Sekhmet, at Massara shipyard in Cairo, Egypt. The ship accommodates 82 guests in 41 staterooms and has been specifically built to navigate the Nile River. It features “elegant” Scandinavian design, including a square bow and an indoor/outdoor Aquavit…
Viking has taken delivery of the Viking Sekhmet, its newest river ship in Egypt, expanding the line’s growing fleet of sister ships sailing the Nile.