27th December 2018
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Medieval History, Uncategorised
The Skuldelev ships at the Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde was built in 1969 to house the five so-called ‘Skuldelev’ ships. In the late eleventh century, these ships were sunk in a channel at Skuldelev to block access to Roskilde in Denmark. Why the ships were sunk is unknown;...