Viking Boat Burial in Scotland

[thesummerqueen]

http://www.medievalists.net/2011/10/19/v...-scotland/

Great Britain’s first fully intact Viking boat burial site has been discovered by archaeologists working in northwest Scotland.

The 5 meter-long grave contained the remains of a high status Viking, who was buried with an axe, a sword with a beautifully decorated hilt, a spear, shield boss and bronze ring-pin. The Viking had been buried in a ship, whose 200 or so metal rivets were also found by the team.

[HeyItsZeus]

Awesome. Vikings were brutal. Another crazy religious ritual, though.