Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large ... Vikings were covered in water, which slows down the decomposition of the bones.” ...

Researchers have revealed a large Viking Age burial ground in the area ... uncovered a variety of other remains, including animal bones, jewelry and pottery. Most of the objects found were ...

In that era, researchers discovered iron nails, a bronze cauldron, animal bones and ... and could build large ships much earlier than previously thought. In 2020, a large Viking burial site ...

on layers of fire waste and bone fragments from humans and dogs. Then we realized that there was a large Viking burial ground that we had to focus on.” That focus has already revealed 139 ...

After the Vikings built a large funeral pyre ... removing portions of bone and mixing up what was left," study lead study author Tessi Löffelmann, a doctoral candidate in archaeology at Durham ...

As Strand and a small group of researchers would discover, these Viking bones were not just from unlucky individuals, they were part of a pattern. And a key piece of the puzzle was that they were ...

are a type of grave marker or ceremonial structure from the Viking Age and earlier, seen in Scandinavia and other parts of Northern Europe. These arrangements consist of large stones placed on the ...