Viking Burial Archive

Unique Female Viking Grave In Swedish Mountains Reveals Its Secrets

AncientPages.com | July 14, 2023

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As previously reported on Ancient Pages, the discovery of a mysterious Viking grave in the Swedish Mountains last year was hailed as one

Viking Ivar The Boneless Could Be Buried In Repton – Remarkable Viking Burial Holds The Clues To Where Ragnar Lodbrok’s Son Died

Viking Ivar The Boneless Could Be Buried In Repton – Remarkable Viking Burial Holds Clues To Where Ragnar Lodbrok’s Son Died

AncientPages.com | June 17, 2022

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ivar the Boneless has gone into the history books as one of the most powerful Vikings ever lived. Not only was he one

Vikings Feared The Draugr – Living Dead With Knowledge Of The Past And Future

Draugr – Vikings Feared This Ugly Living Dead With Prophetic Visions

AncientPages.com | May 24, 2020

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, there are many references to a creature known as Draugr, often described as a fearsome, ugly living dead who would rise from

Unusual Viking boat graves unearthed in central Norway. Credit: NTNU

Archaeology

Extraordinary Viking Boat Burial Of Two People Unearthed In Central Norway

AncientPages.com | November 20, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Two people died roughly 100 years apart. Nevertheless, they were buried together - in boats. In the second half of the 9th century,

Archaeology

Radar Discovery Of Ship-Shaped Anomaly Could Be Rare Viking Burial In Norway

AncientPages.com | March 26, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Using ground-penetrating radar (GPR), scientists have discovered an unusual ship-shaped anomaly in Norway. They have reason to think this is a rare Viking burial.

Ancient History Facts

Viking Children Were Buried With Extremely Sharp Knives – Afterlife Tools To Be Used In Valhalla?

AncientPages.com | November 29, 2017

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like many other ancient civilizations, Vikings had very several interesting burial customs. Some Vikings' burial traditions are understood, but there are also certain

Ancient Traditions And Customs

Viking Burial Rituals: High Ancient Funeral Pyre Reflected High Social Status

AncientPages.com | March 13, 2017

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -Die as a true and brave warrior and you will go to Valhalla, the kingdom of the great Norse god Odin. That was the

Graves of men are shaped pointy like viking ships or as a triangle, while women's graves are round or oval.

Lindholm Høje Burial Site With 700 Graves Dated To The Iron And Viking Ages

AncientPages.com | November 17, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lindholm Høje is an Iron Age and Viking Age burial site just North of Aalborg and Nørresundby on the South slope of Voerbjerg Hill

A Viking burial at Islandbridge, Dublin.

Archaeology

Huge Viking Burial Discovered Beneath Streets Of Dublin

AncientPages.com | August 6, 2014

AncientPages.com - Beneath the modern streets of Dublin, Ireland, archaeologists have made an astonishing discovery uncovering the largest known Viking burial in Europe, Scandinavia excluded. This incredible discovery includes