February 1, 1998

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The Viking Longship

Long, narrow ships packed with warriors helped to make the Vikings the dominant power in Europe for three centuries, beginning in about A.D. 800

By John R. Hale

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VIKING-AGE SHIPS AND SHIPBUILDING IN HEDEBY/HAITHABU AND SCHLESWIG. Ole Crumlin-Pedersen. Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde and Provincial Museum of Archaeology, Schleswig, 1997.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 278 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “The Viking Longship” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 278 No. 2 ()
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican021998-6bdbffSY6fALUMQaVdXxLu
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