Image: Le bateau viking dOseberg (4836398163)
Description: Oseberg's boat in the Viking Boat Museum in Oslo (Vikingskipshuset). This boat, unearthed in 1904, was built between 815 and 820 and was used as a funeral boat for a high-ranking woman who died in 834. The body was in a wooden funeral chamber placed on the bridge. Around the body have been discovered many objects in wood, leather and textiles. The boat, 22 m long, is made of oak wood. It had 30 rowers and was not a boat built for the high seas. The museum presents three Viking boats, very well preserved, as well as objects, which have been discovered in three funerary mounds near Oslo Fjord.
Title: Le bateau viking dOseberg (4836398163)
Credit: Le bateau viking d'Oseberg
Author: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France
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