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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 Gokstad ship is a 9th-century Viking ship found in a burial mound at Gokstad in Sandar, Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. It is displayed at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. [1] It is the largest preserved Viking ship in Norway. [2] [3] [4]
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.
The Oseberg cart, from the Oseberg Viking ship, on display in Oslo, Norway. It was found in a burial mound in Tønsberg, Norway and belonged to an elite Viking-era woman. Mel Longhurst/VW Pics ...
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, on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway. ... Skuldelev ships: five ships found at the same location, from about 11.2 to 30 m ...
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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]