which was typical in graves from the Viking Age. The site was disturbed several times, which increased the ship's ...

The rig holding the priceless ship weighs 50 tonnes. It will be moved along the track at a maximum speed of 4.2 millimetres ...

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.

The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the ...

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 concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon. The significance of Sutton Hoo was instantly recognized. The largest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever discovered ...

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. "The ...

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 ...

Viking and Fincantieri today announced details of the Viking Libra, the world’s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship, capable ...

Viking and Fincantieri today announced details of the Viking Libra, the world’s first hydrogen-powered cruise ship, capable of operating with zero emissions. Already under construction at ...