Viking Ship Archive

Äskekärrskeppet (‘Äskekärr Ship’) – Only Viking Ship Found With Runes

AncientPages.com | April 18, 2024

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Äskekärrskeppet, also known as the "Äskekärr Ship," is unique in many ways. It is currently displayed at the Gothenburg Museum in Sweden

News

Reconstrucion Of The 19-Meter-Long Gjellestad Viking Ship In Progress

AncientPages.com | October 9, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One can easily imagine how impressive the 19-meter-long Gjellestad Viking ship must have been before being destroyed. In 2018 archaeologists made an incredible discovery

Archaeology

Archaeologists Reveal 12 Exciting Finds From The Gjellestad Viking Ship Dig

AncientPages.com | May 28, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have finished the first excavations of the magnificent Gjellestad Viking ship burial in Norway and scientists have presented some of the most

New Huge Viking Ship In Discovered By Radar In Øye, Norway – What Is Hidden Beneath The Ground?

Archaeology

New Huge Viking Ship Discovered By Radar In Øye, Norway – What Is Hidden Beneath The Ground?

AncientPages.com | April 9, 2022

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new Viking Age ship has been discovered by archaeologists in Norway during a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey. This exciting find reveals a

Ship outlineThe outline of the Viking ship can clearly be seen in this image from the radar data. Image: NIKU

Archaeology

Viking Ship Burial Detected By Georadar In Norway

AncientPages.com | October 17, 2018

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists armed with a motorized high resolution georadar have found a Viking ship and a large number of burial mounds and longhouses in Østfold County in Norway.