but the Owners of an old house in Norway stumbled upon the grave of Vikings under the floor of your own bedroom. Among other artifacts found in the burial of a glass bead and an iron axe. According to archaeologists, this is the first time the discovery of the tomb of an ancient warrior for the modern home.
Viking burial discovered beneath the floor of the house 1914 built near the town of Bodø in Northern Norway, according to tv2.no. The discovery accidentally made a couple Christensen. Doing repairs, the owners raised the floor boards in the bedroom and found some stones. Then their eyes appeared an unknown object. First the Norwegians mistook him for a wheel from a toy car. However, after examining the artefact, a glass bead.
During a detailed study of the space under the house was also found an iron axe and a few other things from iron. Excited couple called experts from the Museum of tromsø. According to Norwegian law, and any cultural monuments created by man until 1537, should be conserved.
Archaeologists have already begun full-scale excavations. Although burials of the Viking age are not uncommon for Norway, this is the first discovery of graves under the house.
According to the archaeologist of Martinus Hauglid and a bead of dark blue glass and iron objects belong to the late period of the Viking age, when Norway converted to Christianity and United Kingdom.
“We believe that the findings belong to the period between 950 and 1050 years and was probably placed in the grave of a Viking, he stressed. — I’ve never heard of anything like that, although engaged in the business for almost 30 years.”
Found under a layer of sand stones, in his view, are part of the funerary pyramid. Hauglid also praised Chet Christensen for the insight and timely access to specialists. The scientist expressed confidence that they will get a reward from the state for his contribution to the development of science. The house, erected on the tomb, people lived more than a century: in the first year of the First world war put his grandfather Marianne Christensen.
According to the customs of the Vikings were buried in the ship burial of wood or stone. The deceased was carried out the offerings and sacrifices in accordance with his earthly status and type of activity. After cremation the remains erected a mound of stones and covered it with earth. Barrow was considered to be the dwelling of the deceased.
Not less interesting things archaeologists found in the territory of modern Norway before.
So, a few days ago reported the discovery of Board games to the North from Bergen. Experts are convinced that it belongs to Roman culture. Gaming accessories were in the burial of the early iron age. Grave came to light after the removal of the excavator werhner�� layer of the earth. Archaeologists believe belonged to the deceased during his lifetime artifacts, including gaming accessories, put here after the body was burned. These figurines are made of bone and are in relatively good condition.
In addition, at the beginning of the year 2020 on the island of dønna in the Norwegian sea found a rare Roman coin. And on the island of Lindisfarne off the North East coast of England, where he was one of the first raids of the Vikings, discovered Board game, made apparently by the Vikings.
An important trade route used since Roman times to the late middle Ages, opened to researchers in the melting of the glacier in the Norwegian mountains. Here the archaeologists have found fragments of clothing, sleds and other artifacts of historical value.
May 9, 2019 using a metal detector near the English Swaffham were found unique Anglo-Saxon of the ninth century brooch made of silver.
And a novice researcher who studied only to work with the device, initially erroneously attributed the discovery to the Victorian era.
Interesting discoveries occur in other common planet. In may 2020 Mexican archaeologists announced the discovery at the construction site of the new international airport of burial 15 people pre-Hispanic period, as well as about 60 mammoths. The remains could belong to the indigenous people of the region engaged in agricultural activities. They were buried with clay pots and statuettes, presumably, in the VIII-X centuries of our era.
And at the bottom of the Pacific ocean discovered American battleship “Nevada”: it came into operation during the First world war, survived the attack on pearl Harbor in 1941 and participated in nuclear tests of the USA at Bikini Atoll, until it was sunk during a naval firing practice on 31 July 1948. The wreckage of a military vessel buried at a depth of about 4.5 km, 120 km South-West of pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands.
