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‘New’ Viking treasures on display

While Norwegians and tourists alike wait for Norway's new Viking ships museum to open in 2027, an alternative exhibition opened this summer. Even though...

Viking ships ‘sail’ into new museum

Norway's historic and precious Viking ships began a final voyage of sorts this week. The 1,200-year-old vessels are slowly and carefully being moved from...

Drama grips Norway’s National Theater

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway is widely viewed as one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet its leaders often neglect national treasures. It took...

Viking ships survived budget cuts

Norway's controversial government minister in charge of higher education and research wanted to slash the budget for the new museum planned to house the...

Viking ships sail out of public view

Norway's famed Viking Ships Museum was closing its doors on Thursday, and won't reopen until a new "Museum of the Viking Age" emerges in...

Historic excavation now underway

UPDATED: A full-scale excavation of a Viking ship found within a settlement from Viking times is now underway at Gjellestad near Halden in Southern...

Norway moves forward with Viking excavation

The Norwegian government has provided funding, as expected, to begin a long-anticipated excavation of the so-called Gjellestad Viking ship. Government minister Sveinung Rotevatn hopes...

Rot hastens Viking ship’s excavation

Archaeologists and Norway's director of cultural heritage are calling for rapid excavation of a Viking ship found buried in a field at Gjellestad near...

Archaeologists find another buried ship

Buried in the ground close to an 829-year old church on an island off Norway's northwest coast lies a ship that archaeologists believe dates...

Archaeologists find hull of Viking ship

Preliminary excavations into the discovery of more Viking treasures south of Oslo have led to the hull of what archaeologists are calling the Gjellestadskip....
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