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A new and ambitious home for the Viking ships in Roskilde

The winner of the architect competition for the New Viking Ship Museum has been found. On 11 January 2024, the…

In the Marine Archaeologists' Workshop, you can follow the exploration of two shipwrecks discovered during construction work in the port of Copenhagen.

Dive into the Past: Explore Shipwrecks at the Marine Archaeologists' DocuLab

The exploration of two remarkable shipwrecks found in 12 meters of water during the construction of the artificial…

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A new and ambitious home for the Viking ships in Roskilde

The winner of the architect competition for the New Viking Ship Museum has been found. On 11 January 2024, the…

In the next few days, marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum and the National Museum of Denmark will be diving down to the remains of two ships off the coast of Costa Rica. The investigation seeks to determine whether these are the wrecks of two 18th-century Danish slave ships. Photo: Andreas K. Bloch / Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde

Researchers to investigate whether Costa Rica shipwrecks are Danish slave ships

In the next few days, marine archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum and the National Museum of Denmark will be…

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