Vast Viking burial ground with ship burials uncovered in Halland, Sweden

Archaeologists have unearthed a vast Viking Age burial ground near Varberg in Halland County, Sweden, during what began as an investigation of a Stone Age settlement. Initially, the team was conducting a routine preliminary examination for the installation of new water pipes and a roundabout..

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I like to work fast, and so the report from the past weekend's fieldwork only needs some additional find photos and proofreading by the students before I can submit it. Another fast-working man is the animal #art master Luciano Pezzoli. Today he delivered this reconstruction drawing of an early-10th century sword chape from the Äversta war booty site. The drawing is partly based on better-preserved finds of this standardised type. 1/2

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