Today the ship burials at Salme are creating a stir among Viking specialists ... for his personal collection of exotic, foreign art. The Vikings, says archaeologist Steve Ashby with the ...

which was typical in graves from the Viking Age. The site was disturbed several times, which increased the ship's disintegration and reduced the findings of relics. The burial mound was razed to ...

The ship isn’t lonely down there. Some five wrecks have been discovered in Landfjärden. When discovered, they were thought to be Viking ships, but their exact date and type have been uncertain. “ ...

This was also the type of ship used for Viking ship burials for wealthy and important ... the Vikings used written diagrams or plans. The art was probably passed down personally from master ...