which was typical in graves from the Viking Age. The site was disturbed several times, which increased the ship's disintegration and reduced the findings of relics. The burial mound was razed to ...

some surrounded by stones arranged in the shape of boats—a practice known as "stone ship burial" that symbolizes the journey to the afterlife according to Viking beliefs. The site features three ...

Sleek wooden vessels like the Gokstad ship were key to the success of Viking traders and raiders. Unearthed in 1880 from a burial, the ninth-century ship was powered by sail and 32 oarsmen.

Researchers at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, in Stockholm, hope to get funds to excavate a 15th-century shipwreck from the waters ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

Preserved to the present Famous discoveries of Viking ships at Gokstad and Oseberg ... in the waterlogged clay of royal burial mounds. Built around A.D. 890, three quarters of a century after ...

They were commonly thought to have been from ships dating to the Viking Age (A.D. 793 to 1066). "It's a large ship, likely about 35 metres [115 feet] long and 10 metres [33 feet] wide," he said.

A cluster of burial mounds was excavated in the 1950s ... were preserved and eventually reconstructed in the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum. To learn more about Viking ship building the museum ...

including unique stone ship outlines. Artefacts such as human and animal bones, metal items, and a fragment of a silver coin were found. This discovery sheds light on Viking burial practices and their ...

The team building the replica of a famous Anglo-Saxon burial ship have told of their ... across to Denmark and have a drag race with the Viking ships." The ship is between 50 and 60% complete ...