Meaning, materiality and landscape in Viking period boat-gravesPresentation on the graves, monuments and landscape context of the Skamby cemetery.Williams, Howard M. RValsgarde Boat-grave Workshop
Brokkr and Sindri (or Eitri) that they could not make something better than the items created by the Sons of Ivaldi (the dwarves who created Odin's spear Gungnir and Freyr's foldable boat skioblaonir). The
The artefacts and preservation thrilled the archaeologists. Earlier, fully intact Viking graves in such a condition were found at sites on Orkney. Dr Colleen Batey, from the University of Glasgow believes that the Ardnamurchan ship burial dates to the 10th century. Fragments of an arm bone and t...
On April 27, 2021, the boat was officially reflagged to China. On June 26, 2021, Viking Sun was officially renamed "Zhao Shang Yidun" (早上 猗顿) meaning/translated as "China Merchants Eden". The naming ceremony was held at homeportShenzhen-Shekou, led by godmother Duan Xianghui (China ...
in particular sacral place names, philology (not always without interdisciplinary frictions), history of religion, and cognitive research. Acts of depositions within the settlement were also in focus, in particular in relation to the magnate halls (Lucas and McGovern2007) and later in more regular...