Two years after the Gjellestad excavation was completed, our experts are digitizing the 1400 rivets that were removed from the ship. The aim is to complete an accurate, digital reconstruction of the Viking ship.
Join archaeologists Christian and Margrethe on their search for two ancient burial grounds, following Norwegian archaeologist Nicolay Nicolaysen's 150-year-old documentation of the sites. In 1880 Nicolaysen led the excavation of the Gokstad ship.
Several thousand discoveries were made during the excavation at Gjellestad, and now the archaeologists are working to piece together the details of this exciting Viking history.
The archaeologists can now safely say that the ship is from the Viking Age, and they have also circled in the area the ship was built. But there are still many secrets left to uncover.
One of the main challenges we face at the moment is the ever-changing winter weather and temperature.
We are slowly starting up again here in the excavation tent.
We know it has been a while, but fear not, the excavation is still up and running!
Today the entire excavation site is uncovered in all its glory!
Yesterday we found something new: a nail with an anchor-shaped rove.
Two weeks ago, the dig was marked by cameras, visits, and awesome finds!
This week you can follow the excavation live at nrk.no/alltidviking.
How to we take care of things we uncover?
We have brand new photos of the ship's outline!
Have there been other people inside the burial before us?
We are now excavating both the southern and northern parts of the ship.
Yesterday we got a visit from Halden's Mayor Anne-Kari Holm!
So far, there is one thing we find more often than anything else: ship nails.
Changes are a-coming, we are changing our strategy!
...than few. Which is why we have our own reference group! They stopped by this week to take a look at the excavation.
All tours at the Gjellestad excavation between August 10th and August 23rd are cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak.
It has finally begun: we're excavating the interior of the Gjellestad ship.
Last week was the first week with our brand new tent.
We are opening the excavation site to the public!
Yesterday a small surprise appeared in one of our sieves: a glass bead!
The Gjellestad ship is a jigsaw puzzle, and bit by bit we are discovering new fragments.
