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Canada Goose online An Image generated from a georadar, showing what archeologists Canada Goose Outlet believe is a Viking ship buried near Halden, some 150 km south of Oslo, Norway. Picture: NIKUSource:AFPThe longboat grave is near a prominent chieftain burial mound in Halden, a municipality located southeast of Oslo. It stands some 10m above the flat local landscape. Canada Goose online
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canada goose An imitation Viking longship is set alight in Lerwick, Shetland, during the canada goose deals traditional festival of fire, known as Up Helly Aa. Picture: GettySource:Getty ImagesThe Vikings, Northern European warriors and merchants who sailed the seas between the 8th and 11th century, would bury their kings and chiefs aboard a boat hoisted onshore and left https://www.canadagoosestorevip.com under a mound of earth. canada goose
Only three Viking ships in good condition have been discovered in Norway in the past, including the well preserved Oseberg ship discovered in 1903. All three of them are now exhibited in a museum near Oslo.
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