50 Danish Viking Skeletons Unearthed in a State of ‘Exceptional Preservation’
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/50%20Danish%20.jpg?itok=DtACF0HJ"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/50%20Danish%20.jpg?itok=DtACF0HJ" width="610" height="354" alt="50 Danish Viking Skeletons Unearthed in a State of ‘Exceptional Preservation’" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Over the past six months, archaeologists from Museum Odense have uncovered more than 50 remarkably well-preserved Viking skeletons in the village of Åsum, located east of Odense in southern Denmark. These finds shed light on the daily lives of the people who lived in the area during the 9th century, when Gorm and Thyra reigned in Jelling, providing further evidence of the vast distances Vikings traveled to trade.</p>
<p>According to Michael Borre Lundø, an archaeologist and museum inspector from Museum Odense, the artifacts discovered alongside the skeletons suggest that Vikings engaged in far-reaching trade networks.</p>
<p>"This discovery offers extraordinary opportunities to perform a wide range of scientific analyses, which can reveal more about the general health, diet, and origins of those buried," said Lundø, <a href="https://museumodense.dk/vikingegravplads_aasum/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">in a statement[/url].</p>
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<p align="center"><img alt="Viking burial ground discovered in Åsum, Odense, Demark. (Museum Odense)" class="media-image" height="244" style="width: 610px; height: 244px;" width="610" typeof="foaf:Image" src="
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Viking burial ground discovered in Åsum, Odense, Demark. (<a href="
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