Researchers unearthed the remains of a pre-Viking age ship at a Norwegian burial mound.
The ship burial likely dates back 1,300 years to 700 AD, media outlets reported.
AdvertisementNorwegian archeologists uncovered the remnants of a centuries-old pre-Viking-era ship burial that indicates maritime exploration may have begun in Scandinavia earlier than previously believed.
The Herlaugshaugen burial mound.
Advertisement"This tells us that people here have had maritime expertise — they could build large ships — much earlier than we previously thought," Grønnesby told the outlet.
Persons:
—, Norway's, Hanne Bryn, Geir Grønnesby, Grønnesby, Gemini
Organizations:
Service, Norway's NTNU, NTNU, Norwegian Broadcasting Corp, Gemini, Science
Locations:
Scandinavia, Trøndelag County, Leka, Herlaugshaugen, Scandinavian