More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusuall ...

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Found buried on a farm in Oseberg, Norway, an ancient Viking ship held sleighs, tapestries, silken bands, and the bones of two unidentified women. The Oseberg ship is on display in the Viking Ship ...

The buried longship at Gjellestad would have looked like this famous Oseberg ship on display in Oslo Pyramids, castles, palaces: symbols of power and status have taken many forms down the ages ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

The excavation unearthed around 70 rivets, the dimensions of which suggest they held together wooden planks up to 1 inch thick, indicating a ship comparable to the famous Gokstad and Oseberg ships.

New radar data has revealed that an ancient Norwegian Viking burial ground, previously thought to be empty, actually contains the remains of a 1,200-year-old Viking ship. According to reports from ...

He said this week that he was confident that the ships could be moved safely, noting that, as a test, the Oseberg had been lifted a fraction of an inch to be weighed. Few details are definitively ...

Shetelig had already discovered the nearby Grønhaug ship burial from A.D. 795, and co-directed the excavation of the famous Oseberg ship burial, from 834, in the southeastern part of Norway.

What it tells us about the past: More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved ...