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  1. 1,300-Year-Old Ship Burial Unearthed in Norway

    The custom of burying people in their ships was believed to help provide safe passage to the afterlife Sarah Kuta December 27, 2023 Archaeologists in Norway have discovered a 1,300-year-old ship burial that pre-dates the Viking Age. It’s now the oldest known ship burial in Scandinavia...
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  2. Eastern Ontario burial mounds, medicine wheels, and other mysterious sites

    Hi all! I live in Ontario, Canada, and I grew up in North Frontenac County in the Canadian Shield. We're in the middle of nowhere up there. Lots of outdoorsy tourism - hunting, fishing, camping, cottagers, snowmobiling, etc. - and logging, and that's about it. I know of several suspected...
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