Tag: Denmark
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Fifty well-preserved Viking-era skeletons are discovered in Denmark
The Vikings unearthed at Aasum most likely weren’t warriors. Borre Lundø believes the site was probably a “standard settlement,” perhaps a farming community, located 3 miles from a ring fortress in what is now central Odense. The 21,500-square-foot burial ground holds the remains of men, women and children. Besides the skeletons, there are a few…