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The Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. This ship is commonly acknowledged to be among the finest artifacts to have survived from the Viking Age .
The ship was intended for warfare, trade, transportation of people and cargo. The ship is 23.80 metres (78.1 ft) long and 5.10 m (16.7 ft) wide. It is the largest in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. The ship was steered by a quarter rudder fastened to a large block of wood attached to the outside of the hull and supported by an extra stout rib.
The Myklebust Ship (Norwegian: Myklebustskipet) is the remains of a burned Viking ship that was found in the burial mound Rundehågjen on the farm Myklebust in Nordfjordeid, Norway. In terms of total volume the Myklebust ship is the largest Viking ship that has been discovered in the world to date.
Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar also found what appears to be a number of graves, notes Gizmodo. Ancient Viking ship found buried just 20 inches below ground on Norwegian farmland ...
The Gokstad Ship is now located at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. [5] Buried along with the ship was a petty king long believed to have been Olaf Geirstad-Alf, half-brother of Halfdan the Black. [6] [7] However, recent discoveries have increased uncertainty and it, therefore, remains unknown what chieftain was buried at the mound. [8] [9]
The Tune ship (Tuneskipet) is a Viking ship exhibited in the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset på Bygdøy) in Bygdøy, Oslo. [1] [2] [3] The Tune ship is of the karve, a small type of longship with broad hull. It was found at the Haugen farm on the island of Rolvsøy in the parish of Tune in Østfold, Norway.
An American archeologist has died after a Viking ship replica capsized off Norway, authorities said. A crew of six people sailed on the open boat, called Naddodd, across the North Atlantic from ...
One woman died and five other people were rescued after a replica of a Viking ship capsized off Norway's west coast overnight, authorities said Wednesday.. Police said a woman was found dead in ...