Photo: Anniken Mihle / Norsk FolkemuseumN
Posted on 08/14/2022 2:35:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from the Norwegian Maritime Museum have found the remains of a beautiful wooden ship in Bjørvika, in Oslo, Norway. According to archaeologists, the find is rare.
“It is very special. We don’t know if it is Norwegian yet; it could come from Poland or Germany,” archaeologist Sarah Fawsitt of the Norwegian Maritime Museum stated in a press release.
The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) is also participating in the excavation of the ship.
For almost 20 years, excavations have been going on in Bjørvika, and more than 50 boat remains have been discovered, Fawsitt added.Traditional boatbuilding methodThe boat is clinker-built – based on a technique of boat building where the edges of hull planks overlap each other. This method was also used by the Vikings and is the traditional Nordic construction technique for wooden boats.
The boat that has now been discovered has been lying in clay on Sørenga for several hundred years, NTB reports.
“It is made of oak and is very old. It may come from the Middle Ages. But it may also have been built later. We have to find out,” Fawsitt stated.
The ship finds in Bjørvika provide a picture of how boats were built in the Middle Ages and early modern times. They also give an insight into what life was like in Oslo’s harbor area in earlier times.
“We haven’t dug out the middle of the boat yet. We will take some samples to find out what was loaded onto the boat. Maybe we’ll find other things down there too. So it’s very exciting. Like a Christmas present that we haven’t opened yet,” Fawsitt concluded.
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Neat. But is there any benefit to anyone other than history nerds?
Some day Archaeologists will be digging up the remains of the current civilization.
Stupid place to berth a boat!
Probably not. It is just wonderful for history nerds, however.
Maybe too short for a Viking ship. Did Vikings build cargo-only boats?
So don't read it.
More likely it was purposely buried as a funeral ship.
The Blue Clay around Oslo is like modeling clay. It seals up and preserves anything buried in it.
They must have had a biiiig midwife.
I just now looked them up just to be sure. I can be fooled and spelling is one of my many foibles. Spell checkers are essential tools for technical writing. They freak out at my grammar, giving "no suggestions" quite frequently.
Everyone could spell before that scum Daniel Webster came along. I have numerous ways to spell many words.
;^)
[snip] “Excise: a hateful tax levied upon commodities and adjudged not by the common judges of property but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid” [/snip]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language
I had no idea that Webster wasn't the first. History sure is fun now that I no longer have to take it in school.
Perhaps a dry launch but that overloads the story so birthing it is eh.
That does it! No fruit cup!
His dictionary at least used to be considered the greatest scholarly work by one person, in the English language. :^)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgpkoZ7-adk
I can survive. :.)
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