Ancient Viking ship discovered buried next to church using breakthrough georadar technology

Keep the Faith ^ | Wednesday, November 27, 2019 | Harry Cockburn

[Monkey Face]

I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with wonderful smells of good things to eat!

[SunkenCiv]

My most successful bout of dieting was begun just before T-giving 2012, er, maybe 2013. Anyway, it worked great. I often remember how great it worked when looking forward to a T-giving feast. :^) Or, when I'm trying to fit into my clothes.

I hope your Thanksgiving is great, and for that matter, your whole winter. In fact, *our* whole winter, because I kinda hate winter now that I'm in my own personal winter. :^)

[Winniesboy]

So what the heck is a traditional ship burial.

It does indeed mean burial in a complete ship, together with your weapons, other prize possessions and supplies for your journey to the underworld. It was the privilege of kings and other rich men in the Germanic countries, but particularly by Viking Age Norsemen. Viking equivalent of the Pyramids of the Pharaoh.

One of the most spectacular was an Anglo-Saxon burial in Eastern England, discovered in the 1940s. which contained one of the most important hordes of artefacts ever found from that period.

There were even ship burials for queens and other women of rank. One found in Norway contained the enigmatic inscription 'Man knows nothing'. (Which can be read in several different ways in Old Norse as well as modern English!)

[minnesota_bound]

The article also shows the One Ring from the Lord of the Rings : )