What it tells us about the past: More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved ...

But away from their barbaric image, the Vikings’ art stands apart as a piercing ... the greatest of all the Viking Age discoveries: the Oseberg ship. If you would like to comment on this ...

Found buried on a farm in Oseberg, Norway, an ancient Viking ship held sleighs, tapestries, silken bands, and the bones of two unidentified women. The Oseberg ship is on display in the Viking Ship ...

The work, which was found in the Oseberg Ship burial on a farm near ... But while adorning ships was an important strand of Viking art, personal adornment proved just as satisfying for Viking ...

Alongside the near-complete Viking ship, the burial ground discovered at the Oseberg farm on the Oslofjord contained numerous works of art. This finding from the 9th century counts among the most ...

However nuanced the modern debates over Viking trade, art and statecraft ... Lights on, and we contemplate the sleek grandeur of the Oseberg and Gokstad burial ships – the most complete of ...

Yet the precious fragments of art that survive from the Viking Age portray a far more mysterious side to Viking culture. From the so-called 'gripping beast' motif of the Oseberg wood carvings to ...

Vedeler says. Silk wasn’t the only thing that Vikings got from Eastern lands. Also found in the Oseburg burial was a bucket with a strange design on the handle—it featured a man seated in a ...

What it tells us about the past: More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway. Inside the unusually well-preserved ...

But away from their barbaric image, the Vikings’ art stands apart as a piercing ... the greatest of all the Viking Age discoveries: the Oseberg ship. If you would like to comment on this ...