Viking Burial Ships Uncovered In Sensational Archaeological Find
A find of this type is rare in the country. In fact, only around ten discoveries of this kind have been made to date in the Scandinavian nation, according to researchers. “This is a unique excavation, the last burial ship was examined 50 years ago,” Anton Seiler, an archeologist who works with several Swedish museums, told The Local. The two vessels—which Saeiler describes as a “sensational” find—were excavated near the grounds of a vicarage in the village of Gamla Uppsala last fall....