Pagan-Christian trade networks supplied horses from overseas for the last horse sacrifices in Europe
Horses crossed the Baltic Sea in ships during the Late Viking Age and were sacrificed for funeral rituals. Studies on the remains of horses found at ancient burial sites in Russia and Lithuania show ...
The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with complex ceremonies such as burying their dead in ships. THE ANUNDSHÖG RUNE ...
We’ve found there was an overseas trade supplying horses for sacrifices during the late Viking age
Katherine French received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 893072, the National Geographic Society, and the Society for Medieval ...
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