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By Victoria Klesty

Millennium-old Viking ships shored up for Oslo move

The Oseberg ship is seen inside The Viking Ship Museum, in Oslo, Norway September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty

At Oslo's Viking Ship museum, a team of engineers has begun work to ensure a new home being built nextdoor does not prove fatal for three vessels that have survived for a millennium or more.

The new building is necessary to protect the wooden ships, two of which date from the ninth century and the third from the tenth century, which are at the mercy of temperature changes and humidity in the current museum.

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