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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait why do they call it a "viking ship", not only it was a cog, type of ship i never heard being connected to vikings but at the point of XV century viking age was long gone, it was the age of Hansa, which notably extensively used cogs - big and heavy ships made for trade.

A cog:

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    And apparently it was built in The Netherlands by "viking artisans". I can see how they would deduce where it was built (from material choices?) but how do they know it was specifically built by vikings.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    No idea, especially that viking was not even a full time profession, not to mention that it was not an ethnicity. 1410 Dutch shipmakers were most likely experienced guild artisans living in a city and their activities didn't included armed coastal robbery.

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    The page hidden behind the text "said in a statement" has a lot more information and I think is better written (but longer):

    https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/about-us/news-and-press/press-releases/archaeologists-reveal-a-medieval-super-ship-its-the-worlds-largest-cog

    It's only at 13 metres and seems to be excavated as part of construction work. I think that explains the diving gear, I don't think I'm familiar with it at all

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Who wrote this piece of trash article? It is a medieval cog, it has nothing to do with Vikings. The fact that it is only 600 years old should give you a clue about this already.

    "Viking artisans constructed the cog in the Netherlands around 1410 CE". Fucking facepalm.

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