Knowing there was an ancient burial site professors set out their investigations.

Viking boat oseberg. The side of the ship consists of 12 strakes. Much evidence points towards the two women being attached to a fertility cult. Animal head post from the Oseberg ship burial.

Thousands of wood fragments were removed treated with creosote and then reassembled. The Oseberg ship was found in 1904 outside Tønsberg in Vestfold. Several original Viking ships have been found through the ages but only a few have been relatively intact and subsequently preserved.

It is 70 feet long and 16 feet wide. It consisted of an astonishingly well-preserved Viking ship that contained the remains of two women along with a wide array of accompanying grave goods. 820 the craft is especially noteworthy for its spiral-shaped prow carved in.

The Viking Ship Oseberg. Below the waterline they are only 2 3 cm thick while the two upper strakes are a little thicker. The journey to excavate the ship.

This Viking Oseberg ship not only makes us curious about the origin of the ship but also amazes us to the core with the goods buried alongside the ship. Each of the strakes overlaps the one below and they are fixed with iron rivets. It took 21 years for experts to piece the burial ship back together and the reconstructed Oseberg Ship now exhibited in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo is made with 90 per cent of the original timber.

The discovery of the famous Oseberg viking ship. The Oseberg Viking ship is famous for many reasons such as its beautifully carved ornamentation and possible connection to the mythological but widely attested Yngling dynasty. Ad Luxury Cobalt Boats in Lake Geneva WI.