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Roskilde 6 : found during the expansion of the Viking Ship Museum and the longest known Viking ship at about 37 m (121 ft) Have been regarded as Viking ships, but from before or after the Viking Age: Salme ships: from 700 to 750 AD, before the Viking Age; Lapuri ship : from 1250 to 1300 AD, after the Viking Age
A very long, narrow and low-boarded ship could have been built, based on ship finds from the end of the Viking Age. But such a ship could not sail to America, which was an overarching goal in the Draken project. Therefore, the ship was made wide and high-boarded in addition, and thus ended up far outside the Viking Age.
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 exploration of North America by Norsemen began in the late 10th century when they explored areas of the North Atlantic, colonized Greenland, and created a short-term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. The remains of buildings were found at L'Anse aux Meadows in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ago.
Satellite images may have led scientists to the second known Viking settlement in North America. Possible Viking settlement found using 'space archaeology' Skip to main content
Hjemkomst Center first opened in 1985 and serves as a home to Hjemkomst Viking Ship, Hopperstad Stave Church replica, quarterly museum exhibits, and county archives. In 2009, the Clay County Historical Society (which was founded in 1932) and the Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center merged to form the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay ...
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 ...
Model of a knarr in the Hedeby Viking Museum in Germany. A knarr (/ n ɔː r /) is a type of Norse merchant ship used by the Vikings for long sea voyages and during the Viking expansion. The knarr was a cargo ship; the hull was wider, deeper and shorter than a longship, and could take more cargo and be