I had to use an excerpt from an article posted two months ago this time around, because the field work season hasn't begun in Viking country as yet, so we must make do.
Perhaps this year the field work can revolve around something important rather than the current thrust to find a female Viking warrior, even if a few lies are necessary, no matter what.
As always the complete article may be read at the source by clicking the title link or the Read more link at the end of this short excerpt. (Ed.)
March 25, 2019
Perhaps this year the field work can revolve around something important rather than the current thrust to find a female Viking warrior, even if a few lies are necessary, no matter what.
As always the complete article may be read at the source by clicking the title link or the Read more link at the end of this short excerpt. (Ed.)
March 25, 2019
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Sea Stallion, North Sea on the way to Dublin |
After using
georadar or ground-penetrating radar (GPR), archaeologists have identified what
they believe is a rare and historic Viking ship burial in Borreparken, which
can be found in Vestfold County, Norway.
As Forbes reports, this particular burial site is already
quite famous for its many Viking treasures, including the Oseberg and Gokstad
ships, which are now safely preserved in Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum.
Announcing the
stunning find of the new Viking ship in Norway, Ola Elvestuen, Norway’s
Minister of Climate and Environment, attended a press conference at the Midgard
Viking Center in Horten. He called the discovery “historic.”
As Elvestuen also
noted, while seven Viking ships dating from between 800 and 1,050 A.D. have
already been discovered in Norway, three of these were found specifically in
Vestfold.
“This is a new find
that will be noticed throughout the world. In the past, fifteen ship finds from
the Viking Age were found in Europe. In Norway, seven discoveries have been
made, three of which are in Vestfold.”