Oseberg Ship
2007-09-11 06:26:59 · 5 answers · asked by cnn605 3 in Travel ➔ Cruise Travel
The beginning…
On August 8, 1903, a farmer named Knut Rom paid a visit to Professor Gabriel Gustafson of The University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo. Rom had come across a ship while digging in a large burial mound on his farm, Lille Oseberg in Slagen, Vestfold.
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2007-09-11 07:15:40 · answer #1 · answered by xiadujiujia 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Oseberg Ship
2016-10-16 04:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by sykora 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ship was built in 820AD, and had been in use for several years before it was used in the burial. Although seaworthy, the ship is relatively frail, and it is thought to have been used only for coastal voyages.
2007-09-11 06:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by Xiomy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ship was built in 820A.D. could travel up to 10 knots. It was a burial site for a high status (or high ranking female)(maybe a priestess). See the wikipedia site for more.
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2007-09-11 10:46:59 · answer #4 · answered by Tivogal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT WAS USED IN 834AD FOR BURIAL OF A VIKING QUEEN AND ANOTHER WOMAN. THEY ARE DOING DNA TESTS ON THE BONES TO SEE IF THEY WERE RELATED ,OR IF THE SECOND WOMAN WAS HER MAID , THEY KILLED AND PUT WITH HER FOR HER AFTERLIFE. THE LONG BOAT ( OSEBERG SHIP ) WAS 70 FEET LONG , AND WAS DUG UP IN 1904 AND IS IN A MUSEUM IN OSLO.
2007-09-11 06:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by D.C. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋