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Viking burial scene, Dublinia Excavation of the Oseberg Ship burial mound in Norway Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas and Old Norse poetry.
The Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burial is a Viking boat burial site in Ardnamurchan, Scotland, the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain.Dated to the 10th century, the burial consists of a Viking boat about 5 metres (15 feet) long by 1.5 metres (5 ft) wide in which a man was laid to rest with his shield, sword and spear as well as other grave goods.
The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.Both ships were used for ship burials here around AD 700–750 in the Nordic Iron Age and contained the remains of 41 warriors killed in battle, as well as 6 dogs, 2 hunting hawks and numerous weapons and other artifacts.
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Lindholm Høje. Bække, Denmark. 800 m north of Bække there is a 45 m (148 ft) ship which dates to the Viking Age.; Jelling stone ship.Under the southern mound in Jelling, Denmark, which is associated with Queen Thyra, remains of a giant Viking Age stone ship have been found, by far the largest known: either 170 or 354 m (558 or 1,161 ft).
The Viking burial ground, used during the 9th and 10th centuries, was discovered on the southern outskirts of the village of Åsum. 50 "exceptionally well-preserved" Viking skeletons unearthed in ...
The burial cairn was covered with the cremated remains of animals and the presence of at least one additional corpse hints at the possibility of human sacrifice. [23] [24] Significant grave goods were excavated from the Viking boat burial at Balladoole [23] and many are on display in the Manx Museum in Douglas:
Archaeologists found 50 Viking-era skeletons in Åsum, Denmark.. Dating back to the 9th or 10th century, the graves are evidence of international trade. The area's growth was influenced by these ...