Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse shipbuilders' graceful construction style. Next, the boatbuilders affixed ...

The buried longship at Gjellestad would have looked like this famous Oseberg ship on display in Oslo Pyramids, castles, palaces: symbols of power and status have taken many forms down the ages ...

The Oseberg ship was found in 1904 and is now in a museum in Oslo, Norway. The Vikings invented a kind of sun-shadow board or sundial to help find their way. At night they watched the skies ...