1,300-Year-Old Viking Ship Fragment Discovered Beneath City Street

On March 23, researchers in the Netherlands stumbled across an ancient relic that experts have provisionally identified as part of a Viking ship.

The wooden beam—measuring upwards of ten feet in length—was discovered by construction workers tasked with refitting a sewage system in Wijk bij Duurstede in the Netherlands. According to Jam Press, the workers soon realized that something was buried beneath the sidewalk.

While the workers were ready to dismiss the timber as a regular piece of building material...