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>The Oseberg ship textiles are historical textiles' very own Dead Sea Scrolls
>situation. They still haven't been published, and it's been way over 100
>years since they were discovered.
Hi Nancy,
Just to shoot down a widely-held concept, the Dead Sea Scrolls have
all been published in many forms - for a very long time. Nothing is
held back. It's all there in journals and other accessible sources.
You can get some information at
http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/educate/educate.shtml where the
webmaster is Avital Pinnick who also is list mom for TechSpin mailing
list. She assures me that it is all published and that there is no
conspiracy.
As for the Oseberg material, I have no special knowledge except
having seen some of it in the museum in the Oslo suburbs in the 60's
and again couple of years ago. Some cards and attached weavings, and
a few other textiles are there to look at, and are also reproduced in
publications available at the museum. Indeed there may be more
somewhere in drawers, but that's beyond my basic info at a tourist
level. The total amount of material found is small, and I think is
pretty much all on display.
Ron
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