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October 25, 2003

Viking long-ships

"The ship was a dragon...but this ship was far larger, and more carefully put together in all her parts. The king called this ship the Long Serpent... The Long Serpent had thirty-four benches for rowers. The head and the arched tail were both gilt, and the bulwarks were as high as in sea-going ships. This ship was the best and most costly ship ever made in Norway."

The Gokstad Ship may have soon have a sister.

Pulse levels are rising among Norwegian researchers who think they may have found the country's fourth intact Viking ship buried in a mound near Toensberg. The site is just next to the spot where the famed Gokstad ship was found in 1880.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 25, 2003 12:41 AM

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I wish you could show some pictures to show what some of this information like of the Viking ships if you could.

Posted by: Johanna at September 29, 2004 04:38 PM