[Regia-NA] Researchers zero in on 'new' Viking ship

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Researchers zero in on 'new' Viking ship
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=3D652358

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.

Researchers from the University of Oslo have been using radar to examine =
the
Viking burial site. Photos have revealed an oval shape lying about a =
meter
under the pile of stones atop the mound, called a gravroeysa in =
Norwegian.
Newspaper VG reported Tuesday that the pictures may denote another =
Viking
longship buried with its owners' possessions in the traditional manner.
Researchers also think the ship may be intact. Clay in the area =
preserved
the Gokstad ship for more than a thousand years, so it's entirely =
possible
that conditions have allowed the perservation of another ship as well.
The Gokstad Ship, now the crown jewel in Oslo's Viking Ships Museum on =
the
Bygdoey peninsula, was found just a kilometer-and-a-half away. It =
measured
22 meters long by five meters wide and belonged to a powerful Viking =
queen
who died in 834.
Archaeologist Trude Aga Brun of Vestfold County wants to examine the =
site as
soon as possible. She said officials will try to undertake a focused
excavation this autumn. "If we're lucky, we'll find some woodwork," she =
told
VG.
Many Viking ship graves have been found in Norway over the years, but =
most
of the vessels had rotted away and graves also had been plundered in =
earlier
centuries.

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