Jens Notroff

Underneath a potato field in #Norway, a 1,200 y/o #Viking ship #burial offers some fascinating insight into complex #MortuaryRituals.

@spoke32 reporting on the #Gjellestad ship for #NationalGeographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/viking-ship-burial-norway-gjellestad-archaeology

'100-year find’: Enormous Viking ship holds surprising clues on burial rituals

The 1,200-year-old vessel, discovered in a Norwegian potato field, is revealing an extraordinary picture of how ancient Scandinavian warlords were sent into the afterlife.

National Geographic
Mar 21, 2023 at 3:14pmMetatext
Show threadJens NotroffMar 21, 2023

More updates on the 2020/2021 excavations and ongoing research regarding the #GjellestadShip also regularly via #MuseumOfTheVikingAge here:

https://www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/research/gjellestad-ship

The Gjellestad Ship Excavation - Museum of the Viking Age

What is hidden in the Gjellestad ship? Get the latest finds, interpretations, and other, exciting updates from the excavation in 2020-2021 and the research afterwards. The Gjellestad excavation is the first viking ship excavation in Norway since the wellknown excavation of the Oseberg ship in 1904.

Show threadJens NotroffMar 21, 2023
And who knows, maybe in the end now also Ahmad #IbnFadlan's seriously twisted account finally will make sense. 😉