The 65-foot long ship was covered over more than 1000 years ago to serve as the final resting place of a prominent Viking king or queen.

Viking boat found. Before this a 78-ft 238m Viking vessel in Norway discovered in 1880 had been the biggest. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI. Other ship burials had been excavated but nothing of this size.

Live Science reports that it was the first to be found undisturbed on the British mainland and has provided. Image caption Exquisite Viking treasures like this gold bracelet have been found in Norway Unlike this prestigious landmark much smaller boat burials were common among the Vikings. Archaeologists have found the outlines of a Viking ship buried not far from the Norwegian capital of Oslo.

Research by the Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning had revealed traces of a major settlement from the Merovingian or Viking Period along with a 16-17 metre long ship that dated from more than 1000 years ago. New and used models for sale. Mysterious Viking boat graves found in mid-Norway - YouTube.

Huge 1000-yr-old Viking Ship Grave Found in Norway. CNN Archaeologists have uncovered two rare Viking boat graves in the Swedish village of Gamla Uppsala. One of the boats is intact still holding the remains of a man a horse and a dog.

The heavily damaged ship was found near the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers and lies on a private property. The Viking ship was found by georadar at Viksletta right next to the monumental Jell Mound in Østfold. Lars GustavsenNIKU A massive Viking ship has been found.

The Galloway Hoard was found by a man using a metal detector in 2014. New and used models for sale. London CNN Norwegian archaeologists.