Ship burial
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A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as a container for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. It was used by the Anglo Saxons, the Merovingians, the Vikings and occasionally the Ancient Egyptians.
Examples of ship burials
- Khufu ship, Giza pyramid complex (Fourth Dynasty)
- Gokstad, Norway
- Ladby, Denmark
- Oseberg, Norway
- Snape, East Anglia, England
- Sutton Hoo, East Anglia, England
- Tune, Norway
- Valsgärde, Sweden
- Vendel, Sweden
- Rurikovo gorodische near Novgorod
- Sarskoe gorodische near Rostov
- Temerino near Yaroslavl
- Black Grave near Chernigov
- Ibn Fadlan gives an eye-witness account of a 10th century ship burial.
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