Eric Meyers
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 4d ago
Eric Meyers’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So these are his day to day thoughts on what he was doing and what his plans might be.
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Contained in the notes are traces of the character of an archaeologist who perhaps knew he was working on the most important dig of his life.
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now iconic.
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More than 100 years after the excavation.
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The Osserberg still has a major international appeal.
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Many of the artifacts too are now displayed in the Viking Ship Museum.
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There are so many that even more are kept in storage.
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For some items, the conservation process is still going on.
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It's fascinating to compare some of these pieces with the drawings in the Dig archive.
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Perhaps most of all, the carved piece of wood that first aroused Gustafsson's curiosity.
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It's actually the very top of one of the Osseburg's distinctive serpent stem heads.
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In fact, the artifacts are dominated by animal imagery.
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Among the most striking are four figureheads.
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They're carved from wood in incredible detail, each one different.
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Leopards, lizards, or a dragon's head.
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Like the serpent stem heads of the ship itself, they're famous and almost everywhere you look in the imagery of the Viking Age.
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What makes the Osseb artifact so special?
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is that the vast majority of them are of organic material, mostly wood, bone, or textiles.
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It's very rare that these kinds of materials survive so long in the grave.
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as well as the boat itself, the dead were provided with other means of transportation.
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