Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research
The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research is a cultural heritage research institute based in Oslo, Norway.
Replica longship similar in size and appearance to the Gjellestad Ship.
A Viking burial mound at Gjellestad. The Jellhaugen Mound was probably built in the 6th century, about 300 years before the burial of the Gjellestad ship.
A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. This style of burial was practiced by various seafaring cultures in Asia and Europe. Notable ship burial practices include those by the Germanic peoples, particularly by Viking Age Norsemen, as well as the pre-colonial ship burials described in the Boxer Codex in the Philippines.
Excavation of the Oseberg Ship burial mound in Norway
Planks from one of the Butuan boats (c. 320 to 1250 AD) from the Philippines
Model of the structure of the Sutton Hoo ship (c. 7th century AD) it might have appeared, with chamber area outlined