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Ship model, Swedish History Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Model by Knut Gransaetter of the Oseberg ship with decorative carving and coiled prow, 21.5x5.1m, discovered in a burial mound in Vestfold, Norway in 1904, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. The grave, c. 830, also contained the skeletons of 2 women, along with luxurious furniture, tools, a cart and decorative textiles. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Model by Knut Gransaetter of the Oseberg ship with decorative carving and coiled prow, 21.5x5.1m, discovered in a burial mound in Vestfold, Norway in 1904, in the Swedish History Museum, a history and archaeology museum founded 1866, in Stockholm, Sweden. The grave, c. 830, also contained the skeletons of 2 women, along with luxurious furniture, tools, a cart and decorative textiles. Picture by Manuel Cohen