“We’ve found a place for a ship burial,” archaeologist and ... “The ship and the horse are recurring themes in Viking Age burial customs and mythology, and are a typical phenomena one ...

This does not apply to the serpent head at the front of the ship. But it was damaged during the grave robbery that occurred ...

More than a century ago, archaeologists excavated a Viking ship buried in the ground at the Oseberg farm in Tønsberg, Norway.

The site features three large ship-shaped stone settings and ... The excavation team found evidence of Viking burial customs, including cremation pyres where the dead were burned.

Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines. When you purchase through links ...

Swedish archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,100-year-old Viking coffin grave containing weapons near Linköping, describing ...

As many as 139 of these graves have been found ... Viking Age graves were broken. A dig, however, unearthed the remains of a 50-metre-long ship-like formation made from stones on a ridge near the ...

Swedish archaeologists recently found ... on a burial site from the older Iron Age." Arkeologerna project manager Alf Eriksson said that he "really did not expect a coffin grave from the Viking ...