Unique Viking Grave Ship Hidden Beneath a Burial Mound Reveals Funeral of Viking Royalty The history of Vikings was glorified for its massive ships that reigned the glory of power and status. Most of ...

Two Skeletons Of Women Recovered From Viking Ship Wreckage Site Reveal Secrets of the Oseberg Burial In the heart of Norway, ...

From the remains of five Viking ships in Denmark to ... Great Army's presence has been found by archaeologist Julian Richards, of York University. A cluster of burial mounds was excavated in ...

Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed ... is the richest ship burial ever found in northern Europe. Mindful of the grave robbers who had ...

Discovered in Norway in 1906, the Oseberg ship (above), the best preserved Viking ship ever found, reveals its Norse ... in the waterlogged clay of royal burial mounds. Built around A.D. 890 ...

including unique stone ship outlines. Artefacts such as human and animal bones, metal items, and a fragment of a silver coin were found. This discovery sheds light on Viking burial practices and their ...

So begins Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Skeleton in Armor,” inspired by an actual armor-adorned Viking ... uncovered and found to be well preserved. “A common burial mound covered ...

While reexcavating a Viking burial mound in southwestern Norway ... Lorange uncovered the burned remains of a Viking ship containing metal shield bosses and a massive cauldron.