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The Boat of the Vikings
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This is an original boat that had been built by the Vikings in the 9th century. With such boats they travelled a long way and even went up the Tigris river in Iraq. The Vikings never wore hats with horns. That image of a Viking was created by some artist in the 19th century. The above image is a photo from the Oslo museum.

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.tib
03/27/13 5:11 PM GMT
Wow, this is just tremendous Raj! This boat leaves so much to the imagination, I can almost see the Vikings rowing up the river in this huge boat! A wonderful find and shot my friend!
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.Jimbobedsel
03/27/13 5:47 PM GMT
Very interesting and very well done, Raj. I didn't know that about the Vikings...I thought they all had those big hats with horns.
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::LakeMichigan
03/27/13 8:41 PM GMT
Wow Raj excellent photo and information.
Love that boat and I also thought they wore the hats with horns.
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::tigger3
03/27/13 11:01 PM GMT
It's hard to imagine that they traveled long distance in these,and I did not know that about their hats either.
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.koca
03/28/13 8:44 AM GMT
Beautiful shot, nice and attractive. Very interesting work.
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.Tedi
03/28/13 8:50 AM GMT
Pretty image, nice composition and beautiful lights. Lovely work.
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::SEFA
04/01/13 10:41 AM GMT
Those boats are very interesting. They could travel a long way.
Interesting capture.
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::icedancer
04/03/13 6:34 PM GMT
Wow, that's Amazing & huge. I sure wouldn't want to travel in that, they don't have stabilizers, lol. Superb detail and would be really interesting to see in person
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::Eubeen
04/04/13 7:25 AM GMT
A good capture of the longboat, a technical marvel for its day. Nice lighting and details in the photo.
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