Tuesday, Oct. 11 - Viking Ship Museum
Today I took the bus out to the Bygdøy peninsula to see the Viking ships. These are three 9th century burial ships that were excavated in parts of Norway; one of the museum signs noted that there was a 4th, but all the wood had rotted away, until nothing was left but the nails. The archeologists were able to tell by the way the nails were lying that they had once been part of a ship.
The ships themselves were spectacular cultural finds, but all the valuable grave gifts had already been stolen by grave robbers. One of the most unusual grave gifts that could still be detected was the remains of a peacock!
Click here for pictures.
Today I took the bus out to the Bygdøy peninsula to see the Viking ships. These are three 9th century burial ships that were excavated in parts of Norway; one of the museum signs noted that there was a 4th, but all the wood had rotted away, until nothing was left but the nails. The archeologists were able to tell by the way the nails were lying that they had once been part of a ship.
The ships themselves were spectacular cultural finds, but all the valuable grave gifts had already been stolen by grave robbers. One of the most unusual grave gifts that could still be detected was the remains of a peacock!
Click here for pictures.
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