Ship burial

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A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as a container for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. This style of burial was used in the Vendel era and by the Anglo Saxons, the Merovingians, the Vikings and occasionally the Ancient Egyptians. This burial was seen as a way for the dead to sail to Valhalla, ship burial was a high honour.

Examples of ship burials

Khufu ship, Giza pyramids complex (Fourth Dynasty)
Gokstad, Norway
Ladby, Denmark
Oseberg, Norway
Snape, East Anglia, England
Sutton Hoo, East Anglia, England
Balladoole and Knock-e-Dooney Viking ship burials on the Isle of Man
Tune, Norway
Valsgärde, Sweden
Vendel, Sweden
Rurikovo gorodishche near Novgorod
Sarskoye Gorodishche near Rostov
Timerevo near Yaroslavl
Black Grave near Chernigov
Ibn Fadlan gives an eye-witness account of a 10th century ship burial.

Ship burial

Examples of ship burials

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