A drainage ditch near the grave also contributed to the rapid decay of the wooden vessel, and if the excavation yielded enough of the Viking ship, it would be put on display.

Cargo decks were installed fore and aft. Proof in the planking The secret of the Viking ship lay in its unique construction. Using a broad ax rather than a saw, expert woodworkers would first ...

The message in the bottle was discovered during an ongoing excavation of King Audbjørn’s grave mound. The mound, located in ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to the excavation of an ancient rubbish dump in Westray, uncover the finds that have revealed an enormous amount about Viking life. In 1992 Mark ...

Archaeologists from the Stockholm Shipwreck Museum hope to secure funding for further research and excavation of the ... they now doubt may have been a Viking ship. “This ship represents a ...

A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this imagined scene aboard an actual vessel—the ninth-century Gokstad ship ... wedge-shaped planks. Construction of the hull started ...

The delivery took place this morning when the ship was presented at Meyer’s Neptun Werft shipyard in Rockstock-Warnemuende, Germany. The 168-guest Viking Nerthus joins the company’s growing ...

Viking Cruises offered its support to the victim's family and canceled an upcoming departure after its ship was damaged by the rare and mysterious phenomenon known as a rogue wave Kimberlee ...

A Viking fleet nears home with slaves and other plunder in this imagined scene aboard an actual vessel—the ninth-century Gokstad ship ... wedge-shaped planks. Construction of the hull started ...

Tree-ring analysis of the high-quality oak used for its timbers suggests a construction ... experiments with replica ships continue to confirm the excellence of Viking ship design.