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A tomb discovered as part of a large Viking burial ground in south west Denmark contains the remains of a Viking noble or at least a highly distinguished person.

The grave was discovered in 2012 when engineers were building a highway, and it has since been identified as a unique Viking tomb known as a ‘dødehus’ [death house].  The building measures four by thirteen metres and contained three graves dating back to 950 CE.

Soil conditions at the site have prevented the preservation of any other remains.

“But the finds in the tomb confirm that there was a man and a woman in the main part and another man in the back,” says excavation leader Kirsten Nelleman Nielsen, who has described the finding in an article called ‘Dead and buried in the Viking Age’ published by Saxo Institute at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more.

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