The “exciting” Viking discovery was made by archaeologist Jani Causevic of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research. The remains were uncovered near Øyesletta, Norway, during a survey along the proposed route of the “E39” European route highway which will run from just south of Trondheim down to Aalborg in northern Denmark. The fact that
The discovery was made as part of archeological work on a site that could form part of the route for the proposed E39 highway, near Øyesletta, western Norway.
While the practice of boat graves occurred in several coastal settlements during the Viking Age, it was not the most common, which makes the recent find all. 08.04.2022, Sputnik International