Saga Oseberg, Vikingodden, Tonsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Coiled snake's tail on the stern of the Saga Oseberg, a reconstruction of the Viking Oseberg Ship, built 2010-12 using traditional Viking methods, at Vikingodden, a shipyard run by Oseberg Viking Heritage, at Tonsberg, on the west coast of the Oslofjord, Jarlsberg, Vestfold, Norway. The Oseberg Ship or Osebergskipet is a karve type clinker built ship in oak, built in the early 9th century. It was excavated in 1904 from a burial mound in the Slagen valley near Tonsberg, and the original is exhibited at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14079165
Media ID
45844840
Size
5632px x 8268px
(9.7MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
