Discovery of 50 skeletons in Denmark sheds light on ancient Viking life

Jack Aylmer

ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN DENMARK HAVE UNCOVERED OVER 50 WELL-PRESERVED VIKING SKELETONS, OFFERING A GLIMPSE INTO THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF VIKINGS.

THE SKELETONS WERE DISCOVERED DURING RENOVATIONS TO THE ELECTRICAL GRID IN ASUM.

ARCHEOLOGISTS HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY’D FIND BENEATH THE SURFACE. 

SAYING THE DISCOVERY WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE.

AND ‘TRULY UNUSUAL’ FOR SO MANY WELL-PRESERVED SKELETONS TO BE FOUND AT ONCE. 

THESE REMAINS OFFER A RARE CHANCE FOR DNA ANALYSIS THAT COULD REVEAL THE VIKINGS’ HEALTH, DIET, ORIGINS, AND EVEN FAMILY CONNECTIONS.

Archaeologist

“THE SKELETONS ARE SO AMAZING…EVEN FOR THINGS WE DIDN’T KNOW BUT WANTED TO KNOW”

Jack Aylmer

ONE FASCINATING DISCOVERY, WAS THE SKELETON OF A WOMAN BURIED IN A VIKING WAGON AND ALONGSIDE HER, RESEARCHERS FOUND ARTIFACTS LIKE A  NECKLACE MADE OF GLASS BEADS, AN IRON KEY, A KNIFE, AND A SMALL SHARD OF GLASS– POSSIBLY AN AMULET. 

ANOTHER GRAVE CONTAINED A BRONZE BROOCH, A RED GLASS BEAD, AND A PIECE OF ROCK CRYSTAL, IMPORTED FROM NORWAY. 

THESE GRAVE GOODS SUGGEST THAT MANY OF THOSE BURIED WERE WEALTHY AND CONNECTED TO EXTENSIVE TRADE NETWORKS. 

RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THIS DISCOVERY COULD RESHAPED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF VIKING SETTLEMENTS AND THEIR CONNECTIONS TO EARLY DEVELOPMENT IN DENMARK.

FOR SAN, I’M JACK ALYMER