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Viking ships
Ladby shipOn the 28th of February 1935, a pharmacist named Poul Helweg Mikkelsen stumbled upon an ancient burial site near Kerteminde in northeastern Fyn.
Skuldelev shipsThe year 1957 marked the beginning of a massive salvage operation in Roskilde fjord. Divers from the Danish National Museum descended into Peberrenden, one…
Gokstad shipIn February 1880, the frozen ground of Gokstadhaugen yielded a wooden bow to the sons of the farm owner. Nicolay Nicolaysen arrived at the site shortly after…
KnarrThe word knarr appears in Old Norse texts with no single agreed-upon root. Scholars speculate it stems from the term for a knurl or gnarl, referencing swirls…
Oseberg shipGabriel Gustafson and Haakon Shetelig began digging into the Oseberghaugen mound near Tønsberg in 1904. The Swedish archaeologist and his Norwegian colleague…