The first excavation of a Viking ship in 100 years is underway in Norway. In a statement, the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) explained that the Museum of Cultural History at ...

It took 10 years of work to prepare a Viking longship for a trip no longer than a football field. How it got to that spot ...

The Oseberg and Gokstad Ships will take pride of place in the new Museum of the Viking Age in Oslo, Norway. Ten years ago, experts concluded that the three world-famous Viking ships on display at Oslo ...

Oslo — Three 1,200-year-old Viking ships that have stood the test of time are embarking on their final and possibly riskiest journey to their new forever home in Norway. The first to make the move is ...

Norwegian archaeologists are set to carry out a full excavation of a buried Viking ship for the first time in more than 100 years, the country’s government announced Monday. Per a statement, Norway ...

As the eighth century drew to a close, the first Viking kings ruled on the island of Karmøy nearly 100 years before Norway became a sovereign country. Now, archaeologists have discovered the burials ...

OSLO — Two of Norway’s greatest cultural treasures, the preserved Viking longships Oseberg and Gokstad, managed to survive sea voyages more than a thousand years ago, followed by centuries interred in ...

MOORHEAD — Next July will mark the 40th anniversary of the Hjemkomst Viking Ship arriving in Norway after its more than two-month journey from the Duluth, Minnesota, harbor. The Historical & Cultural ...

Ground penetrating radar found subterranean ritual structures. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Viking ship that was laid to ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Almost two years after its discovery by georadar, the Gjellestad ...

The extremely fragile oak hull, encased in a heavy protective steel rig, began making the roughly hundred-yard journey on Tuesday. It was expected to take over 10 hours, with the ship lifted by a ...