Ancient Viking Ship Discovered in 1,000 Year Old Graveyard Using Radar

A Viking ship burial was found under the soil without having to use one shovel. How? Radar!

By ilovemycat

Published 4 years ago in Wow

A Viking ship burial, feast hall and cult house have been found by archaeologists in Norway without having to dig into the soil - only using ground penetrating radar.

The discovery was made by experts from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) at Gjellestad in southeastern Norway.

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A Viking ship burial, feast hall and cult house have been discovered by archaeologists in Norway without digging into the soil.

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Archeologists attached ground-penetrating radar devices to tractors and drove them over the site.
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The radar showed that the Viking ship was about 62ft long and was buried up to 4.6ft below the surface of the ground.
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The discovery was made by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) at Gjellestad in southeastern Norway.

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A berloque, which is a brass pendant, was also found at the site.
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This might be tough to read, but the researchers were able to do a lot more research by using radar and not hurting any of the artifacts by digging the wrong way in the ground.
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This is a closer diagram of the ship, it will be interesting to see what the researchers can learn about the Vikings from this discovery.