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  • Tags: Chests

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A simple wooden chest in Vikingskipshuset. This chest would originally have held a sailor's possessions as well as being their seat while rowing. This chest contained grain and wild apples when it was found.

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This chest had been broken into by grave robbers. When found, it still contained two combs, and pieces of leather and cloth.

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The article discusses how Vikings used their travel chests as rowing seats when voyaging, and considers whether modern travellers and travel companies might have something to learn from this.

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Part of a box found in the hole dug by the grave robbers. In the foreground of the photograph is a clasp from a box.
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