Viking Ship Museum
Trip Start
Jun 08, 2004
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Trip End
Jun 30, 2004
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Oslo,
Oslo,
Norway
Saturday, June 26, 2004
We first stopped at the Viking Ship Museum (Vikingskipshuset). The museum is a very modern structure and it houses three ships found in Tune, Gokstad, and Oseberg from the 1860s to the 1900s. The ships were used as burial ships and were buried intact.
The first ship that you see is the Oseberg ship with its fancy prow.
Oseberg ship
1-Oseberg ship
The ship was unearthed witth two female skeletons near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway in 1904 and 1905. The burial mound contained numerous grave goods and two female human skeletons. The ship and the bodies were buried about 834, but parts of the ship date from around 800. The oaken ship is about 70 feet long, 15 feet breadth, and the mast is about 30 feet high and had 15 pairs of oars.The Tune ship remains are the nerxt to be viewed.
Tune ship
This is only a partial piece of the original ship. The ship was exacavated in 1867 on Rolvsøy island in Tune, Østfold. The original ship was probably about the same size as the Oseberg one and had 11 or 12 pairs of oars. The Goksted ship is the last one.
Gokstad ship
1-Gokstad ship
2-Gokstad ship
The ship was constructed around 900 AD. It was excavated in 1880 and there was male skeleton aboard. The ship is about 80 feet long, 16 feet breadth with 16 pairs of oars. The Goksted vessel included a wooden burial chamber where the skeleton was found and two small boats.
Gokstad burial chamber and boats
