FfFfFfFF 58,392 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Norwegian couple’s home renovations have revealed what archaeologists suspect is a 1,000-year-old Viking grave, reports David Nikel for Forbes. The pair were pulling up the floorboards of their house near Bodø in northern Norway when they discovered a glass bead, an axe head and several other iron objects, report Preben Hunstad and Sondre Skjelvik for local newspaper Bodø Nu. Experts recruited to identify the artifacts dated them to the ninth century A.D.—close to the beginning of the Viking Age, which lasted from roughly 800 to 1100 A.D. At the time, Norway was beginning to adopt Christianity and become a unified kingdom, Nordland County archaeologist Martinus Hauglid tells Bodø Nu. The couple found the array of 1,000-year-old funerary items beneath stones that “probably represent a cairn,” or mound of stones erected as a memorial or landmark, says Hauglid. The house-turned-archaeological site is now being fully excavated; the glass bead and iron artifacts have already been taken to the University of Tromsø for closer inspection, according to Forbes. Viking burial sites are not uncommon in Norway, but as University of Tromsø archaeologist Jørn Erik Henriksen tells NRK, “This is the first time I have experienced … something like this [that] appears under a house.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/norwegian-home-renovation-unearths-viking-burial-180975011/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,919 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Sometimes I wanna dig random spots just to see what I find! I used to do that as a kid but a metal spoon is about the most interesting thing I ever found Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracious Gaga 17,163 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 LOL I thought it would've been like at least a LITTLE deeper than that, but they literally took out the floors and WHOOP there it is haha idk why I think thats funny. but this is amazing. I love science and history. ♥ Kindness Police. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Take this sign and move out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Amazing! I wish we could find things like this in my country but there were only nomadic tribes living here before Europeans arrived, so they left hardly anything behind that we can excavate today (mostly just small objects and such). Not a badass empire like the Incas, Mayas or Aztecs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Doot said: Take this sign and move out. Can you imagine being haunted by a Viking ghost? Wouldn’t want to be in their shoes lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emresuxx 69 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Da J said: Can you imagine being haunted by a Viking ghost? Wouldn’t want to be in their shoes lol Sounds hot Gaga • Taylor Swift • Blackpink Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doot 2 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 6 hours ago, Da J said: Can you imagine being haunted by a Viking ghost? Wouldn’t want to be in their shoes lol Only this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 19 hours ago, Doot said: Only this one True. Erik could haunt me all night, for all I care Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactic Mess 1,393 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 11:26 AM, emresuxx said: Sounds hot It depends on the Viking, naturally Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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