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News: Onboard One-to-One Storage System: Where The Vikings Succeeded But We Failed

The article discusses how Vikings used their travel chests as rowing seats when voyaging, and considers whether modern travellers and travel companies…

A Chest from the Oseberg Ship Burial

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…

Part of a Box from the Oseberg Burial

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.

Chest from the Oseberg Burial

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