Enhanced by AWLOH, the graffitied outline of a Viking longship prow from the bottom of a Gokstad wooden tub.

Remarkable #Viking discovery!

Two graffitied longship prows have been identified on the base of a wooden tub from the #Gokstad Viking Ship, meaning we have graffiti of Viking longships on the grave goods of a Viking longship!

Read all about it in A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY ⤵️

The Best-Preserved Viking Ship in the World Just Survived Its Treacherous Final Journey For more than ten years, experts have been painstakingly planning to move three 1,000-year-old vessels—the “Oseberg,” “Gokstad” and “Tune”—about 115 yards to their new home in Oslo

The Best-Preserved Viking Ship in the World Just Survived Its Treacherous Final Journey: For more than ten years, experts have been painstakingly planning to move three 1,000-year-old vessels—the “Oseberg,” “Gokstad” and “Tune”—about 115… @SmithsonianMag #VikingShip #Oseberg #Gokstad #Tune #Oslo

Hopefully the #Gokstad and #Tune ships, and not the least the extremely fragile sleighs, will also make a safe journey later on.

Shared for #ShieldSunday

#Viking shield from ship burial in #Gokstad #Norway

Heimdalsjordet was a market trade site immediately to the south of the famous #Gokstad ship mound.

The Vikingtidsmuseet listed these artefacts (clockwise from top left) from Heimdalsjordet as:

'Pendant, possibly for a necklace
Flat hammered ingot
Production waste
Flat hammered gold ring'

"Norwegian government has earmarked around $200 million to build a new home for the [preserved #Viking #Oseberg and #Gokstad long-#ships] next door - and for the delicate operation of moving them about 50...